The Fair-Skinned Arabs of Today Are a Result of Intermixing
In “The Arabs: The Life Story of a People Who Have Left Their Deep Impress on the World,” Thomas writes that “fair-skinned peoples came from the north” twice and “[drove] a wedge between India and Africa.” These two migrations brought about three separate groups of individuals: so-called Black Arabs, white Arabs and those in between.
All Muslims Are Not Arab, and All Arabs Are Not Muslim
Islam is not an Arab religion. In fact, Arabs only make up 20 percent of the global Muslim population. Most Arabs are Muslims, but most Muslims are not Arabs. In fact, an article titled “The Arabs – Who or What is an Arab?” argues that just as modern Christianity has been ascribed to European culture, as opposed to Hebrew culture, modern Islam has been far removed from Turkish culture and attributed to Arab culture.
