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Old 06-10-2011, 01:14 PM
 
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1 Saudi Arabia

2 Palestine

3 Iraq

The UAE and other small(er) states, Yemen, Oman, Jordan and Syria bring up the rear.

I don't think of Egypt since so many of them look like other North Africans even they do speak Arabic.
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Old 06-10-2011, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Portlandia "burbs"
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In quick thinking it would be Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. In longer thinking it would also include Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Syria. Morocco might come to mind but because of it's unique location it may slide by me.
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Old 06-10-2011, 07:13 PM
 
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1. Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan
2. Iran, Egypt, and Libya
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Old 06-10-2011, 08:46 PM
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Probably Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Definitely not Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Old 06-10-2011, 09:10 PM
 
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Probably Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Definitely not Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
I think most people disagree with what you said related to that, including me.

Most people view Pakistan and Afghanistan as Arab muslim equally as much as Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Iran is viewed a little bit less Arab muslim than those 4 countries but still is viewed as Arab muslim by many as much as Egypt, and Libya.
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Old 06-10-2011, 09:37 PM
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I think most people disagree with what you said related to that, including me.

Most people view Pakistan and Afghanistan as Arab muslim equally as much as Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Iran is viewed a little bit less Arab muslim than those 4 countries but still is viewed as Arab muslim by many as much as Egypt, and Libya.
I understood the question to be about Arabs, not muslims.
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Old 06-10-2011, 10:09 PM
 
Location: SWUS
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When I hear "Arab" I think, in order:

Saudi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Iraqi, Maghrebian (Moroccan, Tunisian, Libyan, Algerian), Egypt, Syrian, and then UAE/Yemeni/Oman.

I don't consider Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Turkey as "Arab".

Now, if you say "Muslim"..

Indonesian, Pakistani, Iranian, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Iraqi, Palestinian, etc. etc. etc.
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Old 06-11-2011, 08:37 AM
 
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Definitely Saudi Arabia, and also the other countries on the Peninsula. Arab north Africa, Lebanon etc aren't really truly Arab so much as they are different ethnic groups that adopted Islam and the Arabic language.
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Old 06-11-2011, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Most people view Pakistan and Afghanistan as Arab muslim equally as much as Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
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Most people, as usual, are wrong, because the media has failed to raise them out of their ignorance, which is largely the fault of the media in the first place. There is no real difference between Pakistanis and Indians, except their religion and the alphabet they use to write the same spoken language. They are completely dissimilar to Arabs, as much as Black Muslims in US prisons are dissimilar to Arabs.

The languages of Pakistan and Afghanistan are written in the Arabic alphabet, and the people are Muslim. But that does not make the people similar, any more so than Icelandic and Philipino and Nigerian and Peruvian people are similar because they write their language with the same alphabet and practice Christianity.

It is inexcusable for Americans to be graduating from high school with such a profound depth of ignorance about the outside world.
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Old 06-11-2011, 10:38 AM
 
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Was there not a lot of Iranian mixing with the Pakistanis? Because the Pakistanis and Indians look very different.
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