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| - | '''Arabization''' [[Ise vs ize|or]] '''Arabisation''' describes either the conquest of a non-Arab area and growing Arab influence on non-Arab populations, causing their gradual adoption of the [[Arabic language]] and/or their incorporation of [[Arab culture]] and [[Arab people#Identity|Arab identity]]. The religion of [[Islam]] and the associated [[Islamism|Islamist]] (government and society ordered in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam) socio-political order, with their central [[Quran]] text written in Arabic language and tailored for Arab culture, had a central role in Arabization, which usually went hand in hand with [[Islamization]] of conquered lands. Generally, elements of [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabian]] origin were combined in various forms with elements from conquered civilizations and ultimately denominated "Arab". Arabization also continued in modern times, most prominently being enforced by the Arab nationalist regimes of [[Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in North Iraq|Iraq]], [[Syria]], [[Sudan]], [[Mauritania]], [[Algeria]] and [[Libya]] with policies which include expanding [[settler colonialism|colonial]] Arab settlements, expulsion of non-Arab minorities and enforcement of Arab identity and culture upon non-Arab populations, in particular by means of not permitting autochthonous mother tongues other than Arabic in education. The [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]], citing local witnesses, also claims that the aggressive persecution of non-Arab minorities by the terror group [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] is forced Arabization. | ||
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| - | After the [[rise of Islam]] in the [[Hejaz]], the Arabic culture and language were spread outside the Arabian peninsula through conquest, trade and intermarriages between members of the non-Arab local population and the peninsular Arabs. The Arabic language began to serve as a lingua franca in these areas and [[dialect]]s were formed. Although [[Yemen]] is traditionally held to be the homeland of the Arabs, most of the Yemeni population in fact did not speak Arabic prior to the spread of Islam, but instead [[South Semitic]] languages. The influence of Arabic has also been profound in many other countries, whose cultures have been influenced by Islam. Arabic was a major source of vocabulary for various languages. This process reached its zenith in the 10th to the 14th centuries, the high point of Arab culture, and although many of Arabic words have since fallen out of use, many still remain. | ||
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| - | == See also == | ||
| - | * [[Arab language]] | ||
| - | * [[Arabic script]] | ||
| - | * [[Arab nationalism]] | ||
| - | * [[Pan-Arabism]] | ||
| - | * [[Islamization]] | ||
| - | * [[Cultural assimilation]] | ||
| - | * [[Human rights in Rojava]] | ||
| + | The '''Arabic script''' is the [[writing system]] used for writing [[Arabic]] and several other languages of Asia and Africa, such as [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Pashto language|Pashto]], [[Lurish language|Lurish]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]], and others. | ||
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The Arabic script is the writing system used for writing Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa, such as Persian, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Sindhi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Mandinka, and others.
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