Arab Christians
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Arab Christians (Masīḥiyyūn ʿArab) are Arabs of the Christian faith. They are descended from ancient Arab Christian clans that did not convert to Islam, such as the Kahlani Qahtani tribes of Ancient history of Yemen (i.e., Ghassanids, and Banu Judham) who settled in Transjordan and Syria, as well as Arabized Christians, such as Melkites and Antiochian Greek Christians. Arab Christians, forming Greek Orthodox and Latin Christian communities, are estimated to be 520,000–703,000 in Syria, 221,000 in Jordan, 127,000 in Israel and around 50,000 in Palestine. There is also a sizable Arab Christian Orthodox community in Lebanon and marginal communities in Iraq, Turkey and Egypt. Emigrants from Arab Christian (including Melkite) communities make up a significant proportion of the Middle Eastern diaspora, with sizable population concentrations across the Americas, most notably in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and the US.
See also
- Christianity in the Middle East
- List of Christian terms in Arabic
- Antiochian Greek Christians
- Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
- Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
- Arab Orthodox Society
- Arab Orthodox Benevolent Society
- Bible translations (Arabic)
- John of Damascus
- Political theology in Middle East
- Sophronius
- Taghlib
