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[QUOTE]Originally posted by abdulkarem3: [QB] nur, there are true arabs existing. No different from any ethno-social central group whereas manners and customs win over more than physical attributes. Arabs are similiar to the germanic tribes in a way and also the beginning stages of the greek tribes whereas that they were a one phenotype(one ancestor as a the arabs say) and they merged from there mixing with whoever they wanted to mix with and staying away from anyone they wanted to stay away from. Arabs of antiquity(pre-islam) was about the tribe. They never was big on an arab identity like you see amongst those who call towards an arab identity. They called towards the tribal identity. If another tribe spoke arabic they didnt care as long as you didnt harm their personal identity which was the tribe. When islam came it locked down on the tribal partisanship and instituted a identity based off of religious affiliation. GOd first, tribe last. So the deal about who is arab and who is not is for those who care about that. People see themselves as muslims first then their ethnic/family/color/ affiliation. Sheba, this is not absolutely true concerning arabs. Physical traits have always differed amongst them and did so even more when other people adopted the arab identity and passed it to their children. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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