What on Earth Happened to the Arab Christians?

What on Earth happened to the Arab Christians? Christianity has been in the Middle East for 20 centuries now, but just what does it mean to be an "Arab Christian" or "Christian Arab"? Does such a designation even exist? In today's video, we'll be discussing some of the history of Islamization and Arabization in the regions of the Levant, Egypt and the Maghreb and how this has affected the demographics and identities of their indigenous Christian population.
The complex ethno-religious and political situation of the Middle East has been shaped by generations and generations of migrations, conflicts, assimilation and cultural shifts. Arabic-speaking Christians are an often glossed over demographic in the minds of many Americans and Westerners, but they are an important part of the historical and current situation in the region. Thanks for watching!
Sources:
www.britannica.com/topic/Maro...
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_eas...
www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
www.huffpost.com/entry/chart-...
nypost.com/2017/04/14/christi...

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  • @MyNameIsJ3ffrey
    @MyNameIsJ3ffrey3 жыл бұрын

    Maronite Christian here. We still definitely exist. We aren’t going anywhere ❤️ 🇱🇧.

  • @sara_s_

    @sara_s_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do Arab Christians believe in the trinity?

  • @eons8941

    @eons8941

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sara_s_ Yes I think almost all of them

  • @nashmi-8609

    @nashmi-8609

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sara_s_ yes but in jordan i see them embarresed of it if we ask them about it they say no we believe in one god but inside them they believe in trinity they dont fear from muslims no its just they dont like debating i guess

  • @MyNameIsJ3ffrey

    @MyNameIsJ3ffrey

    3 жыл бұрын

    sara s Yes, certainly. There’s a minority who have a non-traditional take on The Trinity like the Nestorians, but the vast majority of indigenous Arab confessions believe in The Trinity.

  • @MyNameIsJ3ffrey

    @MyNameIsJ3ffrey

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nashmi - نۨــشــمۘـــي Lol, that makes sense. The Trinity is a complicated topic and it often times leads down a rabbit hole. It really is meant to explain aspects of God in the same way a human can be understood as a Body, a Soul, and a Spirit. The Father is that by which all things emanate from. The Son, also known as “The Word” or “Logos” is Jesus. The Word is the essence of The Father’s message. Jesus was the manifestation of The Message and encompassed all attributes of The Message (John 1). The Holy Spirit is the force of God that acts in the world today, in the past, and forever. The Son and The Holy Spirit are extensions of The Father. If anything, they are how God interfaces with us and creation. Yet all are equal facets of the same entity of God. It’s a complicated concept, but that’s basically it. Christians theology teaches that the interaction that occurs when God inspires Man is one that operates almost as a personality. There’s a lot of Greek entomology to a lot of these concepts and it can be quite abstract. Again, it’s complicated. I’d always recommend Wikipedia for further insight or feel free to ask if you have any questions!

  • @eca3101
    @eca31013 жыл бұрын

    Proud Egyptian and Christian 🙌🇪🇬

  • @youssefsaeed7774

    @youssefsaeed7774

    3 жыл бұрын

    Greetings From a Fellow Egyptian

  • @whoreofdragonstone1031

    @whoreofdragonstone1031

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re an Arabized Christian, not an Arab Christian

  • @jakeawad2531

    @jakeawad2531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Salam brother. Im a Muslim Arab, but no matter what you're still my brother

  • @worldwide1856743

    @worldwide1856743

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who are Baha'i community in Egypt 🤔

  • @iddomargalit-friedman3897

    @iddomargalit-friedman3897

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Yaakov Ezra Actually that's true. Unlike most arab-speaking christians, most arab-speaking Jews never saw themselves as Arabs. As a quarter Yemenite-Jew myself - my relatives never saw themselves as Arabs or Yemenites, even after living there for a few millenia.

  • @BangFarang1
    @BangFarang13 жыл бұрын

    I had a Christian Iraqi girlfriend 15 years ago. Many people thought she was a convert, to what she used to reply that her family was Christian since Jesus Christ era.

  • @fahoodie1852

    @fahoodie1852

    3 жыл бұрын

    Frédéric Letellier Iraq has a very old Christian community that more than a thousand year old

  • @assyrianchristianmarvin1738

    @assyrianchristianmarvin1738

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cool bro I’m iraqi Christian as well

  • @BangFarang1

    @BangFarang1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saad Bin Masud I was not strong enough to cope with the emotional issues she got from her youth under Sadam.

  • @hassanabdulahi4705

    @hassanabdulahi4705

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BangFarang1 well that’s pretty sad I hope she found someone that could benefit her

  • @BangFarang1

    @BangFarang1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hassanabdulahi4705 I guess she had. She's married now.

  • @gloriousy8832
    @gloriousy88323 жыл бұрын

    I am Iraqi christain Syriac catholic church I consider myself as a descendant of the aramic people

  • @ghghjkkk2382

    @ghghjkkk2382

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im a shia in iraq and Im also half Kurd half Arab

  • @yakovmatityahu

    @yakovmatityahu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love and Blessings from an Indian Christian brother.

  • @suleyman8696

    @suleyman8696

    2 жыл бұрын

    So you agree that Syria and Iraq are the same ppl

  • @ghghjkkk2382

    @ghghjkkk2382

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@suleyman8696 Iraq and Syrians are similar but not the same. We share similar history though 🇮🇶 ❤️ 🇸🇾

  • @bushramansoor4243

    @bushramansoor4243

    2 жыл бұрын

    Am like you living now in australia

  • @deathtoluke
    @deathtoluke3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being Armenian and fleeing the Ottoman empire only to be called a Turk in South America

  • @johns22

    @johns22

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same when I heard it in the video :)

  • @sophitsa79

    @sophitsa79

    3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being a Greek fleeing the Ottoman genocide only to be called a Turk in Greece because your language is a mixture of ancient Greek and Turkish

  • @deathtoluke

    @deathtoluke

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sophie Vasiliadis 😢 Are you suggesting that there is a discrimination against Greeks from Turkish lands?

  • @yodorob

    @yodorob

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews moving to Latin America were also called turcos, and likewise, many Ashkenazi Jews moving to Latin America were called rusos (Russians).

  • @brainblox5629

    @brainblox5629

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sophitsa79 Who would've thought? That every people are racist and seek reasons to discriminate?

  • @mikers3580
    @mikers35803 жыл бұрын

    Love to my Christian brothers throughout the Middle East from an Assyrian ✌🏽

  • @CrookedRosePOD

    @CrookedRosePOD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Khaya Atour 🙏🏼

  • @mikers3580

    @mikers3580

    3 жыл бұрын

    Raymond Talya shlama brother❤️

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you live in Kurdish Iraq

  • @BinaryTechnique

    @BinaryTechnique

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aye assyrian too shlomo ahuno

  • @polynesianscamefrommelanes8717

    @polynesianscamefrommelanes8717

    3 жыл бұрын

    China puts muslims in concentration camp but government is lying about it not happening.

  • @jimjumaa2277
    @jimjumaa22773 жыл бұрын

    I'm Arabic Christian my family used to live in Iraq and we were happy there before the American invasion of my country, now we are refugees in Lebanon .

  • @pejuodunlami238

    @pejuodunlami238

    2 жыл бұрын

    😕

  • @Real_Gigachaddi

    @Real_Gigachaddi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Democratic invasion😂

  • @novaprime5976

    @novaprime5976

    2 жыл бұрын

    'But, US brought freedom...'

  • @alimohammed1270

    @alimohammed1270

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have the government of lebanon given you lebanese citizenship yet?

  • @rabidsetssf2820

    @rabidsetssf2820

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@novaprime5976 yeah, when you grow up you'll forget what you just said

  • @jenny8296
    @jenny82963 жыл бұрын

    My Palestinian grandparents were Catholics from Iqrith village located between Safad and Acre near the Lebanese border. They were part of the Nakba after multiple Jewish militias attacked the village. They went to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and ended up in Bethlehem in 1951. Now we all live outside of Palestine except for one uncle and his family.

  • @ktayba8303

    @ktayba8303

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope you guys are doing fine. Much love from Algeria ❤

  • @mahmoud1002

    @mahmoud1002

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Primal Beast I am muslim, and cant understand how an animal has more brains than you to mind its own business. Being a muslim means you respect other religions not throw the Qur'an at them to make you comfortable in your own deen. Arab Christians are very much a significant part of the interwoven fabric that is arab culture. The Prophet (pbuh) made sure that Chirstians and Jews were able to practice their faith and respected. 'Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord. And there will be no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.” ( Quran 2:62 ). Abdullah Ibn-Amr, May Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “He who kills a promisor (a non-Muslim living among Muslims where he is promised to have protection, and he promises not to help enemies against Muslims, hence, he is called ‘a promisor’), will not smell the fragrance of paradise, though its fragrance is recognizable from a distance of forty years.” Its people like you that destroy the oneness of Islam and Arabism. I love Arab Christians and during the arab spring protests in Egypt they protected the muslims when they were praying forming a circle around them to shield them. You should be ashamed of yourself. And to the original poster, I apologise on for this idiots waste of words and misinterpretation of Islam. Much love from a Libyan

  • @yakov95000

    @yakov95000

    3 жыл бұрын

    War is war what happend in Hebron,Gush Etzion and Jewish quarter is no less brutal,I hope one day all people will get the support they deserve and compensated both Arab who lived in Israel and Jews who lived in Muslim lands who got everything taken from them also.

  • @mohamedo1548

    @mohamedo1548

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mahmoud1002 ترقع الاسلام حتى يرضى عنك المسيحيين واليهود.

  • @usernamesample8386

    @usernamesample8386

    3 жыл бұрын

    @xi jinping It happened after the Nakeba, look up the Levon affair the event that started the Jewish exodus from Egypt

  • @jordanianchristian8387
    @jordanianchristian83873 жыл бұрын

    There is actual Arab Christians. Not just Arabized Christians. I am 100% Arab and Christian.

  • @thezenatachronicles2765

    @thezenatachronicles2765

    3 жыл бұрын

    But you're probably a recent convert? Or maybe you're a Jordanian (as your name implies) who is from Bedouin ancestry?

  • @johns22

    @johns22

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you claiming Ghassanid ancestry?

  • @nightprowler6336

    @nightprowler6336

    3 жыл бұрын

    U probably a descandant of Ghassanids Arabs who were Christians and part of Roman Empire

  • @jordanianchristian8387

    @jordanianchristian8387

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Zenata Chronicles no. I’m not a recent convert. Not one member of my family or my ancestors were Muslims.

  • @jordanianchristian8387

    @jordanianchristian8387

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Zenata Chronicles all Arabs are of Bedouin ancestry. At one point all Arabs were Bedouin.

  • @harfangbleu
    @harfangbleu3 жыл бұрын

    As a Roman Catholic, I've experienced a maronite mass in a Lebanese parish here in Québec and I really liked it. The mass was in French while the chants were in Arab. It was interesting

  • @k0mm4nd3r_k3n

    @k0mm4nd3r_k3n

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds great!

  • @Joe-eg7ml

    @Joe-eg7ml

    3 жыл бұрын

    I bet the church gatherings have great delicious food!

  • @elie129

    @elie129

    3 жыл бұрын

    I bet some of the chants were in Syriac but you didn't notice the difference

  • @johnfleming7879

    @johnfleming7879

    3 жыл бұрын

    some of the chants were in Syriac- a close language to Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke most often

  • @theredstonesword9293

    @theredstonesword9293

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Maronite mass is in Syriac and not Arabic.... You probably attended a Melkite mass. I'm Maronite.

  • @skull_craker3121
    @skull_craker31213 жыл бұрын

    Love from an orthodox living in lebanon , thought we are a small number but defenietly still exist🇱🇧🇱🇧

  • @jmat3694

    @jmat3694

    3 жыл бұрын

    im from iraq we are only 1% christian here but in lebanon it is 36%

  • @jmat3694

    @jmat3694

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dyzyzf it used to be

  • @youssefsaad132

    @youssefsaad132

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jmat3694 no its much more than 40 even the president is chiritian and half of the parliment is christian

  • @orthodoxouwatje4632

    @orthodoxouwatje4632

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ayyyy I'm a fellow Orthodox Lebanese 🇱🇧☦

  • @frehaymanottube4912

    @frehaymanottube4912

    2 жыл бұрын

    God bless our religion brothers and sisters Orthodox from eritrea

  • @Eva-zq3rl
    @Eva-zq3rl2 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was born in Mosul, Iraq in the 1930s.. he is Chaldean and during his childhood there was a thriving Christian community in Mosul! Some of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world were/are located outside of Mosul. Thank you for the great video :)

  • @polishherowitoldpilecki5521

    @polishherowitoldpilecki5521

    Жыл бұрын

    Isis destroyed it

  • @CrimsonRaven51

    @CrimsonRaven51

    5 ай бұрын

    Ironically I heard that Saddam Hussein actually protected the Christian Chaldean community from Islamic aggressors. However that protection was lost after Hussein was overthrown. Also, his right hand man in his regime, Tarek Azziz, was Christian!

  • @jordanianchristian8387
    @jordanianchristian83873 жыл бұрын

    There still here, just in smaller numbers than before Islam. Including me.

  • @barryirlandi4217

    @barryirlandi4217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sallaams from an Irish Muslim!

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello!

  • @user-vs8kj7pl8p

    @user-vs8kj7pl8p

    3 жыл бұрын

    Barry Irlandi cursed

  • @belstar1128

    @belstar1128

    3 жыл бұрын

    Be careful.

  • @legandarymasterrevan

    @legandarymasterrevan

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@Emily because Modern Christianity is bullshit. Muslims aren't taking over, Christians are leaving voluntarily because the bible is completely disconnected from the truth. Most of younger generation Americans identify as atheist now. I love the denial and the blame game though. No one goes down saltier than right wing christians!

  • @nizam5568
    @nizam55683 жыл бұрын

    Arab Christians are still very much alive and strong today, being very strong minorities in the Levant, much to the dismay of the comments section.

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @scottcantdance804

    @scottcantdance804

    3 жыл бұрын

    I work with a guy whose family are Iraqi Christians. He was a young boy when Iraq was invaded, and he and his family immigrated to America under refugee status about a month before ISIS swept their region. He's a really nice guy, and a really hard worker.

  • @laszlosandor4870

    @laszlosandor4870

    3 жыл бұрын

    From what I've seen in Egypt, they don't feel too safe. So yeah, numerous but not really strong.

  • @airborneranger-ret

    @airborneranger-ret

    3 жыл бұрын

    ;)

  • @abdallah..yasser

    @abdallah..yasser

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@laszlosandor4870 Did u travel to egypt and lived there or are just taking ur information from western media

  • @john-georgiosarkis2174
    @john-georgiosarkis2174 Жыл бұрын

    I’m a Maronite Christian and proud to be one. God bless you for this insight into middle eastern Christians. We are truely a people who should be studied more often

  • @thamilton007

    @thamilton007

    4 ай бұрын

    🙏♥️

  • @mjjfan957
    @mjjfan9572 жыл бұрын

    I’m Arabian Christian but I live in Saudi Arabia, Al-qailf I was going to Italy in church ☪️❤️✝️

  • @eldesconocido5734

    @eldesconocido5734

    2 жыл бұрын

    How is that even possible

  • @albanianpatriot4392

    @albanianpatriot4392

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eldesconocido5734 why?

  • @probeemagnifico4148

    @probeemagnifico4148

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@el desconocido You are allowed to live freely as Non Muslim in Saudi Arabia but you can't go to Makkah and Madinah

  • @isaiah3872

    @isaiah3872

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@probeemagnifico4148"Freely" would imply that they can openly preach, and build & operate churches...they can't. They can just live without being fined or killed.

  • @user-zl8bm8np3h

    @user-zl8bm8np3h

    3 ай бұрын

    شعندك في السعودية؟

  • @fadhad
    @fadhad3 жыл бұрын

    It's very important to note that in pre-Islamic era, Arabs were mainly Christians. For example, Ghassanids, Lakhmids, Najd, Beth Qatraye and Beth Mazunaye in Eastern Arabia and many tribes such as Banu Taghlib, Banu Bakir and many more were all Christians. Ghassanid (modern day Jordan and south Syria) was an Arabic Christian kingdom allied with the byzantine empire while the lakhmids (modern day Iraq) was an Arabic Christian kingdom allied with the Sassanid empire.

  • @elimalinsky7069

    @elimalinsky7069

    3 жыл бұрын

    During the time of Muhammad, the ruler of Medina was a Christian, as well as some of Muhammad's relatives and companions were Christians. Arab Christians were numerous and quite dominant in the mercantile city-states of the Hejaz in Arabia, the world of Muhammad in the 7th century. Northern, eastern and southern Arabia had whole Christian kingdoms (Lakhmid, Ghazzanid, Saba, Himyar), while Arabia was also one of the last places to have non-Pauline sects such as the Ebionites and Nazarenes to have survived, which must have influenced Islam greatly, and as a matter of fact, it may well be that Islam started out as a non-Pauline Christian sect.

  • @LordEsel88

    @LordEsel88

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@elimalinsky7069 That is a very interesting point. Given the clues in the Islamic texts, it seems that early Muslims (and Muhammad himself) had plenty of contact with Nestorians, Ebionites and Nazarenes. It's their non-mainstream version of Christianity that Muhammad seemed to criticize, but this criticism is then later wrongfully applied to all Christians.

  • @mQCwi

    @mQCwi

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3uDu8R7isbFj5M.html This is a small part of the pre-Islamic Arab kingdoms in the Levant and Iraq.

  • @elimalinsky7069

    @elimalinsky7069

    3 жыл бұрын

    @SAQER SAQER The Sabaeans followed an Abrahamic religion which was a fusion of Judaism and Christianity (it was messianic in the sense that Jesus was seen as the messiah, same as in Islam). Not much is known about it. The Byzantines believed them to be heretical Christians. The Mandaeans, which still exist today in Iraq, are claimed to be either a remnant of the Sabaean faith or a sister religion to the Sabaean one. The Himyar kingdom was Jewish from the 4th to the 6th century, but converted to Nestorian Christianity by the end of the 6th century, several decades before the Islmaic conquest.

  • @ChromeMan04

    @ChromeMan04

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not all were some were pagans

  • @LegoSnakeproductions
    @LegoSnakeproductions3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Brazilian descended from Arab Christians native of the city of Alexandretta (Iskenderun), which has historically been a part of the Syrian region of the Ottoman Empire, inhabited by Arabic speakers of the same culture as Arabic speakers in Aleppo, but has since the 40s been owned by Turkey. In terms of my identity, I'd mostly identify as a Syrian as my great-grandpa himself did, even after his homeland was taken over by Turkey from Syria long after he had emigrated to Brazil.

  • @Kinghassz

    @Kinghassz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from a Muslim Levantinian Arab but first generation born and raised in Sydney Australia, I met a Brazilian missionary here in Australia when I was around 17 (he was around 20) and he came up to me and asked if I was Brazilian, I said I was Puerto Rican, As a joke but then told him im Lebanese and we sat down and had a long talk about religion, Islam, Christianity,etc and we took each others numbers.

  • @stevesw.nielsen6620

    @stevesw.nielsen6620

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kinghassz greetings my brother, i'm also a brazilian descended from "arab" christian, more specifically syrian

  • @muslimproudtobe

    @muslimproudtobe

    3 жыл бұрын

    But aren't you mixed with other ethnicity you aren't syrian anymore unles your grandparents and your parents married arabs

  • @blacklion5997

    @blacklion5997

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Antioch.. (near to iskenderun) as my grandfather says part of our relatives have gone to brazil

  • @nightprowler6336

    @nightprowler6336

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm Lebanese Orthodox Christian

  • @rapunzel9024
    @rapunzel9024 Жыл бұрын

    still here ! proud to be arab christian ✝️🇩🇿

  • @rapunzel9024

    @rapunzel9024

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Katze400 it's a sin if you're proud to the point you're bragging but i'm proud to be a child of God so no it's not a sin.

  • @jeffop2633

    @jeffop2633

    6 ай бұрын

    Is there a sizeable Christian communityin Algeria? I've always been intrigued by Christians minorities in non-christian mayority countries. Blessings from Honduras 🙏🇭🇳

  • @zahra.fatima

    @zahra.fatima

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jeffop2633i’m also Algerian christian and we are only 0,4% of the country 😕 however some of us like me lives in France so actually we may be more but we are still very rare

  • @ayhemshaban9745
    @ayhemshaban97452 жыл бұрын

    Greetings to my Christian brothers/ sisters from a libyan muslim ❤ 🇱🇾

  • @ufosrus

    @ufosrus

    2 жыл бұрын

    God bless you too.

  • @dietermetzger4686

    @dietermetzger4686

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope things get better in your contry greetings from christians

  • @user-zl8bm8np3h

    @user-zl8bm8np3h

    3 ай бұрын

    المسلم اخو المسلم فقط تعلم العقيدة

  • @TheEgyptianOne
    @TheEgyptianOne3 жыл бұрын

    I want to point out that Most of the Christians in the Middle East were not converted by Europeans. Let us not forget that Christianity arose in the Middle East Specially when it comes to the Levant and Egypt. Jesus himself came from Palestine and Egypt was his refuge and many of his followers traveled around the region to spread the Message. In 49 AD, about 19 years after the Ascension of Jesus, saint Mark traveled to Alexandria and founded the Church of Alexandria(way before the Byzantine Empire) Today, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and the Coptic Catholic Church trace their origins to this original community. Aspects of the Coptic liturgy can be traced back to Mark himself. You also forgot about the Iraqi Christians AKA Chaldeans, where prophet Abraham was from. But you did a good Job in defining regions correctly this time around. The Middle East and the Maghreb are the correct and accurate terms to be used rather than "Middle East and North Africa" which implies that the Middle East and West Asia are synonymous which they are not. People usually confuse the Middle East with West Asia and many today think the 2 are synonymous which has been a recent common misconception. Although West Asia makes up the majority of the Middle East, it still does not make up the entirety of the Middle Eastern region. Egypt makes up the African part of the region while Turkey makes up the Eurasian part, the rest of the region is situated in West Asia. On the other hand, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are in West Asia but are not part of the Middle East. The Middle East is a geopolitical transcontinental region that is not confined to a single continent, and is based on a cultural, political and historical affinity rather than a shared continent. While West Asia is simply the Western part of the Asian continent.

  • @fidenemini111

    @fidenemini111

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are absolutelly right. Buddhism is much more European religion than Christianity. Althoug I don't think Buddhism is a religion at all.

  • @tomdrmathew

    @tomdrmathew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also St Thomas to India in 52AD

  • @philomelodia

    @philomelodia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, he came from Judea. If you had called the place Palestine in his lifetime, nobody would’ve known what you were talking about.

  • @stemster972

    @stemster972

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jesus was a blackman and if your say otherwise then your a rasict' BLM .

  • @Kanal7Indonesia

    @Kanal7Indonesia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Palestine ? Did you mean Israel ? ( No political here just according the Bible )

  • @highoctanehummus6564
    @highoctanehummus65643 жыл бұрын

    My father is Eastern Orthodox, half Palestinian and half Lebanese,. He considers himself Arab but also American, Palestinian and Lebanese all at the same time.

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @abloodorange5233

    @abloodorange5233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sea! What’s up

  • @skrrskrr505

    @skrrskrr505

    3 жыл бұрын

    That sounds confusing as hell.

  • @lobsterbalelegesse9919

    @lobsterbalelegesse9919

    3 жыл бұрын

    Arab is a generic term, it just means mixture by word.

  • @jorawarsingh2595

    @jorawarsingh2595

    3 жыл бұрын

    welcome brother. so are you too preparing to free the land of christ away from the shakles of these pedo worshipers.

  • @MrMed992
    @MrMed9923 жыл бұрын

    Greek Orthodox Syrian ☦️🇸🇾☦️

  • @Dr.Ahmed.Tah81
    @Dr.Ahmed.Tah81Ай бұрын

    Thanks for this very important information, greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬✝️

  • @Tripserpentine
    @Tripserpentine3 жыл бұрын

    so here in the Netherlands in my region Twente there is a large group of Arameic Christians, Syrian Arab Christians. Who still speak the same language Jesus Christ spoke. They are still living and well alive. and very Arab XD.

  • @johns22

    @johns22

    3 жыл бұрын

    All Arab Christians from the Levant are descendants of Aramaic speaking people. Some kept the language others forgot about it. Modern rural Arabic dialects of the Levant are still highly influenced by Aramaic. Modern day Syriac people speak Aramaic with Syriac dialect. It is not the same as the Aramaic Galilean dialect spoken by Jesus. Galilean dialect has more Hebrew influence.

  • @scottcantdance804

    @scottcantdance804

    3 жыл бұрын

    I work with a guy whose mother is an Arameic Christian; I remember him telling me that his mother speaks the same language that Jesus spoke. His father is an Iraqi Christian. He (my friend) was a young boy when Iraq was invaded, and he and his family immigrated to America under refugee status about a month before ISIS swept their region. He's a really nice guy, and a really hard worker.

  • @lobsterbalelegesse9919

    @lobsterbalelegesse9919

    3 жыл бұрын

    But they don't live like so called Jesus (Joshua). They have their own view of the Bible.

  • @Likeitornot91

    @Likeitornot91

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aramaic Christians or Arameans aren't Arab, they are a separate ethnic group that falls under the Assyrian group.

  • @jesseklaver8905

    @jesseklaver8905

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ik ben Assyrisch (aramees) wij zijn niet hetzelfde als Arabieren. Wij zijn genetisch gezien bijna hetzelfde als joden.

  • @aqualamb8978
    @aqualamb89783 жыл бұрын

    Maronite Christian here, half of my family moved to pennsylvania in the 1910's but the rest moved to puebla in mexico where they still speak arabic. Family gatherings are always a blast, with a mixture of spanish, english, and arabic all being thrown around.

  • @dustinalecxander8647

    @dustinalecxander8647

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's cool you guys are still connected with your extended family

  • @arolemaprarath3248

    @arolemaprarath3248

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pensylvannia, Romania? Wow, how's life there?

  • @MasonGreenWeed

    @MasonGreenWeed

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@arolemaprarath3248 that's Transylvania not Pennsylvania

  • @DFlowerssTravels

    @DFlowerssTravels

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s so amazing!!!!

  • @Al_mutlaq

    @Al_mutlaq

    2 жыл бұрын

    عجيب

  • @zahra.fatima
    @zahra.fatima4 ай бұрын

    proud arab christian 🇩🇿💕

  • @alanflores9898

    @alanflores9898

    3 ай бұрын

    I have never met an Algerian Christian, God bless you

  • @mikabitar2945
    @mikabitar29453 жыл бұрын

    As a Syrian, it absolutely depresses me that we are losing our Christian population. I am not religious but Christianity is an essential part of the history of Syria and losing our Christians also means losing our history.

  • @AtlanticGRW
    @AtlanticGRW3 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Brazil and have a lot of friends of Lebanese and Syrian descent, their infuence here is so huge you can buy Esfiha and Kibbeh as a common snack in literally any store.

  • @DomingosCJM

    @DomingosCJM

    3 жыл бұрын

    Their influence in commerce and politics is very impressive.

  • @Farb_dk

    @Farb_dk

    3 жыл бұрын

    Esfiha de gato pincelada com ovo de pombo

  • @ericeverettpearson3980

    @ericeverettpearson3980

    21 күн бұрын

    Do you mean southern Brasil or all over Brasil? Porque eu sou do Nordeste e eu não ver muito influência árabe não.

  • @bearcatben4762
    @bearcatben47623 жыл бұрын

    You need to do more videos like these on obscure Christians like ancient Chinese Christians, or Indian Saint Thomas's Christians. Maybe you could do something good on the Buddhist Kalmyks later on?

  • @tomdrmathew

    @tomdrmathew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im a St Thomas christian. We belong to the Syrian orthodox church of Antioch

  • @tomvarghese293

    @tomvarghese293

    3 жыл бұрын

    I too am a St Thomas Christian I'm Syriac Catholic

  • @Ballin4Vengeance

    @Ballin4Vengeance

    3 жыл бұрын

    The christian japanese rebellion(I forgot the name

  • @bearcatben4762

    @bearcatben4762

    3 жыл бұрын

    @WithAStick AngryWhiteMan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_China Christianity has existed in China for a very long time

  • @Joe-eg7ml

    @Joe-eg7ml

    3 жыл бұрын

    My neighbor is a Jewish Chinese...

  • @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389
    @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi3893 жыл бұрын

    I'm Coptic Egyptian, love Lebanon, Syria's and Palestine/Jordan Christians , Maronites,Greeks orthodox and Assyrians

  • @kyoubildz8551

    @kyoubildz8551

    3 жыл бұрын

    تحياتي من مسلم امازيغ جزائري للاخوة الاقباط المصريين ولجميع العرب والمسلمين لاتنسى اخي اننا كمستعربين وعرب والخاوة المسلمين الغرب عامل على تفريقنا نحن كلنا اخوة منا لمحيط للصين

  • @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389

    @athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kyoubildz8551 اهلا بيك ، وتحية لروح المغني القبائلي معطوب الوناس

  • @kyoubildz8551

    @kyoubildz8551

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389 شكرا والله يرحم ايدير هاك اغنيبة من اغاني ايدير kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpqLr6ufqdCfc7A.html ممكن نتواصل في الفيسبوك

  • @kyoubildz8551

    @kyoubildz8551

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389 ارجوك اخي عندما تقول قبايلي قل جزائري لاننا امازيغ قبايل جزالريين مسلمون قبل كل شيء

  • @angiemariam1397

    @angiemariam1397

    3 жыл бұрын

    we love you too! From an assyrian

  • @luislariva1704
    @luislariva17044 ай бұрын

    I´m Venezuelan with family from Lebanon, we are Maronites Christians and the mass is really beautiful, specially when speaking in Arameic (Jesus´ language)

  • @hugoleonardoamaral586
    @hugoleonardoamaral5863 жыл бұрын

    There's a lot of Arab christians in Brazil, specially from the Levant, mainly from Lebanon. Lebanese people have a very strong presence in brazilian history and society.

  • @tymanung6382

    @tymanung6382

    11 ай бұрын

    For example, the famous novel + TV series Gabriela, Crave e Canela (Gabriela, Clove + Cinnamon) (also feature film?), by Jorge Amado.

  • @danielcuevas5899
    @danielcuevas58993 жыл бұрын

    Mexico’s richest man Carlos Slim was actually a decedent of Lebanese Christian immigrants.

  • @cyborcghost

    @cyborcghost

    3 жыл бұрын

    why "was"? He is alive and kicking

  • @stlouisix3

    @stlouisix3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cyborcghost Ya bro, Carlos Slim & Amancio Ortega are my favourite multi-billionaires

  • @myrnahernandez3147

    @myrnahernandez3147

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lies

  • @TheOneAndOnlyEeska

    @TheOneAndOnlyEeska

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm Mexican, I hate Carlos Slim Helu (and other Mexican tycoons) soooo much. My boyfriend is Lebanese Christian and when I go to Lebanon it drives me crazy how proudly people claim him and other crooks like Ghosn.

  • @brahim119

    @brahim119

    3 жыл бұрын

    *@Daniel Cuevas.* ...and one of the most corrupt and high traitor was president of Argentina a Syrian Christian Carlos Menem. Cooperating with the IMF *_(International Misery Front)_* and the corrupt American imperialists that help bring the beautiful Argentina and her beautiful and hard working people to their knees 1998-2001.

  • @-Faris-
    @-Faris-3 жыл бұрын

    Protestant Lebanese Christian here. And to answer the end video’s question, I consider my Identity of being an arabized Phoenician, as well as other cultures since I am also of mixed nationality/race

  • @janvincenttapia1787
    @janvincenttapia17873 жыл бұрын

    Saddam Hussein's spokesperson is Caldean Christian. Christianity had some protection during Saddam. Now, IDK

  • @Real_Gigachaddi

    @Real_Gigachaddi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now uncle sam liberated that country.

  • @umarjjjohan850

    @umarjjjohan850

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Real_Gigachaddi Naah.. how about Uncle Sam did obliterated millions of Iraqis and couldn't find WMD ?

  • @Real_Gigachaddi

    @Real_Gigachaddi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@umarjjjohan850 it was sarcasm man.

  • @umarjjjohan850

    @umarjjjohan850

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Real_Gigachaddi ooo okay

  • @pac1fic055
    @pac1fic0553 жыл бұрын

    Many emigrated to South America. There’s an important and large community of them in Chile. They had a big role in the development of the textile industry there.

  • @ufosrus

    @ufosrus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also to Venezuela and Colombia. They're pretty much all over South America.

  • @natyrombr21

    @natyrombr21

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also in Brazil, especially São Paulo. I grew up eating kibbeh and sfiha I’m Brazil!

  • @MestizoKarf
    @MestizoKarf3 жыл бұрын

    In Mexico, Al Pastor meat for tacos comes from Lebanese migrants.

  • @whoreofdragonstone1031

    @whoreofdragonstone1031

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s just shawarma on a taco with pork instead of lamb/beef essentially

  • @johns22

    @johns22

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Henke Ria "so mexiacans are cannibals....? " LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @shatterthemirror8563

    @shatterthemirror8563

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would explain why most Mexican restaurants don't make very good al pastor.

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    @Henke Ria we wuz kingz!!

  • @tl6752

    @tl6752

    3 жыл бұрын

    Henke Ria 😂💀⚰️

  • @seanmiller643
    @seanmiller643 Жыл бұрын

    Irish-American Roman Catholic here. Arab Christians, you are our brothers and sisters. Long live Christ in all nations ✝️

  • @user-wk4js4to8g

    @user-wk4js4to8g

    6 ай бұрын

    I am an Arab Muslim, but Arab Christians are our brothers 🇮🇶

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-wk4js4to8gno we are greek cristenes 🇬🇷 in levant

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    We are greek cristenes nwe are greek comunity 🇬🇷☦️ in the levant very close to cypurs 🇨🇾

  • @yakovmatityahu
    @yakovmatityahu3 жыл бұрын

    Hello my Christian brothers and sisters from middle east...please keep the faith of our lord alive in middle east...may the lord God bless you all...Love and Greetings from a Christian brother from India...

  • @ordrecosmique4719

    @ordrecosmique4719

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't fear, we muslims have much respect to our christians arabs brothers in the middle east.

  • @amadiclinton4220

    @amadiclinton4220

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love what you've got on your channel Can we connect I'm interested in the old vedic tradition and generally love history, religion and politics in a lesser degree

  • @yakovmatityahu

    @yakovmatityahu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ordrecosmique4719 where are the christians in middle east?

  • @ordrecosmique4719

    @ordrecosmique4719

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yakovmatityahu In Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon

  • @yakovmatityahu

    @yakovmatityahu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ordrecosmique4719 what about turkey jordan iraq iran Afghanistan libya where are the christians there?

  • @Murmufy
    @Murmufy3 жыл бұрын

    As an arabic christian from Bethlehem, dope video 👌

  • @maryalex1401

    @maryalex1401

    3 жыл бұрын

    Murmufy Bethlehem ✝️❣️

  • @meowpoosaymeow

    @meowpoosaymeow

    3 жыл бұрын

    ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️

  • @elianamarshall9333

    @elianamarshall9333

    3 жыл бұрын

    i’ve never been there whats it like?

  • @tblue303

    @tblue303

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dope many people from your city immigrated to El Salvador and the current Salvadorian president is half Palestinian. Chile and Honduras also have big Palestinian populations.

  • @Murmufy

    @Murmufy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@elianamarshall9333 its pretty nice although now its kinda sad because of the occupation, and also because most of the christians left when the war began

  • @tesse2567
    @tesse25673 жыл бұрын

    Lebanese Christian here! I was born in the USA

  • @alfredthepatientxcvi

    @alfredthepatientxcvi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well hello from your ancestral homeland :)

  • @ciateck268

    @ciateck268

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tess E I left Christianity this 2020 because bible was changed again and I looked at what they changed, and they added stuff from Quran. I have noticed that the Bible is changed always when people find mistakes in it

  • @ciateck268

    @ciateck268

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tess E if it is book of god how does it have mistakes always as well why is it being changed by people

  • @Kanal7Indonesia

    @Kanal7Indonesia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you.

  • @Kanal7Indonesia

    @Kanal7Indonesia

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ciateck268 are you crazy ? Quran is a copy paste from the Bible + satanic commandments from the devil Muhammad.

  • @keytube1012
    @keytube10123 жыл бұрын

    I am a maronite catholic from Lebanon. I am lebanese, as lebanon was always called lebanon from the begining even in the bible. Phonecia was the name givem to us because we were like the phoenix. Everytime someone came to destroy us we came back again. So whether you call me phonecian/cannanite by decendant or lebanese, its the same thing tbh

  • @jafar6064
    @jafar60642 жыл бұрын

    Love to all Christian brothers and sisters from Azerbaijani Christian, Glory to Jesus our Lord and Savior!

  • @jawadmaniaci91
    @jawadmaniaci913 жыл бұрын

    Jordanian Christian here :) My compliments to Masaman on another great video. I think he covered the topic comprehensively and accurately. However, it would have been useful to mention the Ghassanids of the Levant since they are the ancestors of the only Middle Eastern Christians who actually identify as Arab. North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have little to no native Christians really. Egyptian Christians are Coptic non Arabs. Iraqi Christians are Assyrian/Chaldean, also non Arab (All of which was mentioned in the video). That leaves the Levant which is the only place with people that actually identify as “Arab Christians”. Are they 100% Arab? No but, neither are the Muslims there either. I want to emphasize that not all of the Christians in the Levant are Arab Christians either there is some Aramaic Christians left (who retained the language and culture). Especially around Hassakeh region in Syria and in Ma’aloula also in Syria, some small communities scattered around the Levant. All the other Christian sects (including the Maronites) in the Levant besides them are mixed mostly Arab, but also Aramaic, Roman, Greek, Crusader. Anyways, the Ghassanids were a tribe of Arab Christians that migrated from Yemen to the Levant as a result of a drought or persecution (it’s not 100% known for sure) around 300 AD. They later established a kingdom in southern Syria/Jordan, Essentially it was a vassel state (client state) of the Byzantines. They sided with Muslim armies against the Byzantines in return for preferential treatment from them and because of ethnic solidarity. Many of the tribes/families in the Levant especially Jordan/Palestine are their descendants partially. Main point, it’s a complicated melting pot!

  • @jawadmaniaci91

    @jawadmaniaci91

    3 жыл бұрын

    besim besim Yeah I remember reading about them too! The Lakhmids were in Iraq and the Kindites central Arabia and Yemen. However, only Ghassanids have descents that are still Christians (that we know definitively of). The other tribes entirely converted to Islam. In the case of the Lakhmids some maybe married in to Assyrians.

  • @msb8792

    @msb8792

    3 жыл бұрын

    As far as we know most of the Ghassanids converted to Islam... there will certainly be some Christian families in Jordan from Ghassanid origin, especially in areas like Karak, Ma’een, and Mada, but it would be too absurd to assume that most Levantine Christians are from Ghassanid descent... in fact, most Levantine Christians are from Syriac (Aramean & Assyrian), Canaanite, Luwian, and Greek descent, with surely also some Arab segments as well... Most Levantine Christians who Identify as Arab today are usually unaware of the historical and cultural facts due to a century of miss-information and historical bias in school education, as well as in some cases having the “sucking up for the boss syndrome” which unfortunately some Christians have in order to get by and blend in... Keep in mind that the majority of the modern Middle Eastern population are absolutely oblivious of historical information and accuracy, and only know what they’re fed; I know, because I am from the Middle East, and I exactly know how historically ignorant our people have become.

  • @z4kry44

    @z4kry44

    3 жыл бұрын

    wow, theres a lot of jordanian christians here surprisingly, i am jordanian muslim and descended from ghassanids.

  • @z4kry44

    @z4kry44

    3 жыл бұрын

    @besim besim i am descended from ghassanids and am muslim

  • @the3zoooz1

    @the3zoooz1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Iraq and Egpyt had Arabs in them since 700 bc

  • @matthewsebaaly8484
    @matthewsebaaly84843 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Lebanese Maronite living in the US. I hope I can go back to live in Lebanon some day (there is a lot of political strife atm). Great video btw 🇱🇧🇱🇧❤️

  • @aeolus75

    @aeolus75

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers from another Maronite, currently living in Paris. We Love Lebanon. Hope the current situation will end soon :)

  • @hansel.2105

    @hansel.2105

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lebanon Is Completely Safe For Christians , Its One Of the Only countries Not in the 50 World Watch List

  • @grandexporter

    @grandexporter

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lebanese maronite Christian living between bolivia and Australia.

  • @Randomperson-xx7bz

    @Randomperson-xx7bz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello kinsman

  • @Dadouf112
    @Dadouf1123 жыл бұрын

    Hello from a Catholic Mexican-American! 🇺🇸🇲🇽👋🤙👍🇰🇼🇦🇪

  • @dietermetzger4686

    @dietermetzger4686

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello friend

  • @shkyrbty
    @shkyrbty2 жыл бұрын

    I am from the US, currently living in metro NYC. I know a Palestinian Christian from Israel, who told me her family is of the House of David--her grandfather lived in southern Lebanon which is now part of Israel. I know an Armenian whose family is from Syria where she was born and raised. And I know members of a family from Jordan who are Roman Catholic. All are proud of their homelands and strong in their faith.

  • @johnpino6663
    @johnpino66633 жыл бұрын

    So happy anytime Copts are mentioned, but overall this is one of my favorite subjects, Christian's in this part of the world are some of the most overlooked people and some of the most interesting in my opinion. Love your videos!!!!

  • @mrlakuda

    @mrlakuda

    2 жыл бұрын

    Too bad the United States supports a military government that oppresses Christians.

  • @malemon1

    @malemon1

    Жыл бұрын

    honestly, anytime anyone says copt i get so excited that people know we exist

  • @Sancta.Aegyptus

    @Sancta.Aegyptus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@malemon1 same lol

  • @lavordavor7738

    @lavordavor7738

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@malemon1are you from egypt? In croatia from class of 1 to 13 we have one that is religion oriented and at age of 9 to 11 we learn about christians in egypt living on edge, being shamed ect

  • @malemon1

    @malemon1

    3 ай бұрын

    @@lavordavor7738 I'm egyptian, but i was born in america. what i will say is that it used to be way way worse in egypt. likw what youre describing seems to be egypt 5-10 years ago, but glory be to God it's getting better now

  • @oz1447
    @oz14473 жыл бұрын

    "What happened to the Arab Christians?" We got out of the middle-east.

  • @samapesh795

    @samapesh795

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sad

  • @barryirlandi4217

    @barryirlandi4217

    3 жыл бұрын

    they didn't

  • @prince_sach50

    @prince_sach50

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most did

  • @DomingosCJM

    @DomingosCJM

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are more Lebanese in Brazil than in Lebanon.

  • @barryirlandi4217

    @barryirlandi4217

    3 жыл бұрын

    like the millions of Circassion Muslims who fled the Russian advance

  • @constantius4654
    @constantius465411 ай бұрын

    If there had been no Islamic conquest of the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa then these areas would still be Romano-Greek in culture and Christian in religion. Without the spread of Islam these areas today would be considerably more stable and prosperous and would share the high culture of Europe and the West. The destruction of these more advanced cultures by the cruder culture of Islam has been a massive setback for the folk of these regions and for the world as a whole. Persia too would be a happier place than it is today.

  • @Sheikh_diane

    @Sheikh_diane

    8 ай бұрын

    This glorification is ridicilous. You often hear folks like you but we never know certein. Just some speculations after speculations. But mabye if arabs in libye wer christian then they would be magically ultranrich amd smart instead of those backwards mozzlems who defenetily didnt have a golden Age and of course didnt have made scientific development. (Dont google islamic golde age 😮)

  • @Devin7Eleven

    @Devin7Eleven

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Sheikh_dianeIslamic golden age is due to Greek Christian knowledge they acquired through their conquests. It was not because of Islam. They operated on borrowed light they gained from those they enslaved.

  • @Sheikh_diane

    @Sheikh_diane

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Devin7Eleven That Muslims iquires knowledge from other people (especially ones they conquered) is nothing too strange. Its like saying "Oh einstein wasnt a smart guy. He just copied!11!". They learned from Greeks (mostly from ancient NON-CHRISTIAN greeks) and persians. So if they adopted that knowledge and developed it further we shouldnt give them credit and just call the "stupid copy guys"? Muslims had a golden age and it was for their curiosity, willingness to learn even from non muslims and from Islam. Muhammed (SAW) said that its every Muslims duty to gain knowledge. Ah and that part how they enslaved everyone is a good example of islamophobic historical propaganda and you exposed yourself as one.

  • @tailsprowerfan2729

    @tailsprowerfan2729

    4 ай бұрын

    Iran died in 1979

  • @Sheikh_diane

    @Sheikh_diane

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Devin7Eleven man how delusional you can possible be 🙄 Average Byzantine fanboy (Little secret since you said "enslaved", rashidun Caliphae treated jews better them Byzantine Empire)

  • @faith4today
    @faith4today2 жыл бұрын

    Lots of information and history packed into a 12 minute video. Great work!

  • @mariasalome5525
    @mariasalome55253 жыл бұрын

    God bless the Arab Christians from a Spanish Christian. Salam. ✌

  • @aeolus75

    @aeolus75

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers from Lebanon, God Bless you too :)

  • @mansoura.6586

    @mansoura.6586

    2 жыл бұрын

    Arabized Christians**

  • @Elghamdi

    @Elghamdi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mansoura.6586 Christian families who lived in muslim arab lands***

  • @Omer1996E.C

    @Omer1996E.C

    2 жыл бұрын

    @DEFEND THE TRUTH - WITH LOVE liar. You and david wood, you can't even defend your religion

  • @ufosrus

    @ufosrus

    2 жыл бұрын

    @DEFEND THE TRUTH - WITH LOVE No reason to insult Muslims. You're definitely not a Christian.

  • @almubarak89458
    @almubarak894583 жыл бұрын

    My dad and family is from Lebanon and my whole family is Christian.

  • @MyBabeUzakiChan
    @MyBabeUzakiChan Жыл бұрын

    Christians are growing in UAE the reason is Prophet mohammed said that we are the kindest people

  • @leonardotonin7608
    @leonardotonin76083 жыл бұрын

    Love my Arabic Christian brother from Celtic italic 💪🏻🇮🇹✝️

  • @aeolus75

    @aeolus75

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cheers from Lebanon :)

  • @primatalogico1162

    @primatalogico1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aeolus75 He is referring to Arab Christians, you are Lebanese ! In other words, you're not Arab !

  • @leonardotonin7608

    @leonardotonin7608

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aeolus75 bro ❤️✝️☦️🤗

  • @primatalogico1162

    @primatalogico1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Öksökö Besides not understanding a word you've said, I believe you've mistaken who you're replying to !

  • @SirDerpofCamelot

    @SirDerpofCamelot

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@primatalogico1162 he means Arab is an umbrella term, and Lebanese descends from it, same as Egyptian or Syrian. Hence why Arabs have a pan Arab movement. And Bulgarians fit under the umbrella term slavic. Also the Bulgarians are descended from the Bolghars, a turkic people that was slavicised

  • @JS-sh6dv
    @JS-sh6dv3 жыл бұрын

    I’m a descendent of Maronite Catholics that immigrated to Cuba and they identified as Arabized Phoenicians

  • @FranciscoGarcia-ze5hg

    @FranciscoGarcia-ze5hg

    3 жыл бұрын

    My great grandfather travelled from Lebanon to Cuba. His brother stayed there, and he continued to Colombia where he established himself!!! Youseff Maroun

  • @primatalogico1162

    @primatalogico1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should tell them then that they are not Arabized ! The only Arab thing abt the Lebanese is that some call themselves Arab !

  • @no-body-22

    @no-body-22

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@primatalogico1162 And speak Arabic, believe in Islam, and have nothing to do with Phoenicia.

  • @christiankhoury1026

    @christiankhoury1026

    3 жыл бұрын

    greglo2 exactly

  • @GLOmar-my6xc

    @GLOmar-my6xc

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@primatalogico1162 The Arabs in Lebanon are 40%, the Phoenicians 40%, the Arabs and the Phoenicians are the same lineage, and they have common things like the Kingdom of Palmyra and the Nabataeans have relations with the Phoenicians.

  • @kristen3175
    @kristen31753 жыл бұрын

    I'm arab and roman catholic! Most of us left our countries because of persecution. But there are still christians in the middle east but no one really helps them.

  • @primatalogico1162

    @primatalogico1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    you're Arab ? where from ?!

  • @self-improvement5387
    @self-improvement53873 жыл бұрын

    Masaman, I highly recommend reading "The Orthodox Church in the Arab World". It's a history & anthology of Arabic Christianity from late antiquity to the modern period. I'm an Emirati-American convert to Eastern Orthodoxy.

  • @Al_mutlaq

    @Al_mutlaq

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mean, an American resident in the UAE

  • @CDRNY25

    @CDRNY25

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Al_mutlaq Or an Emirati Muslim who converted to Christianity and is an American citizen..........

  • @ofmonadsandnomads9500

    @ofmonadsandnomads9500

    Жыл бұрын

    American Catholic-born but Orthodox convert here: the Antiochian church has the best chants by far

  • @polishherowitoldpilecki5521

    @polishherowitoldpilecki5521

    Жыл бұрын

    What happened to Arab Christians. Kinda sad the first Christian communities are gone.

  • @self-improvement5387

    @self-improvement5387

    Жыл бұрын

    @@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 they still exist but are endangered thanks to Islam & Westernism

  • @Ash_tommo
    @Ash_tommo2 жыл бұрын

    I’m Christian from Yemen 🇾🇪 We’re all humans ❤️

  • @zakariamussa3703
    @zakariamussa37033 жыл бұрын

    they are still there by the grace of god. especially in the Levant. i respect both Muslims and Christians btw. love to all

  • @ericponce8740

    @ericponce8740

    3 жыл бұрын

    Heraclius is one of my favorite Byzantine emperors.

  • @youngbloodbanana3376

    @youngbloodbanana3376

    3 жыл бұрын

    And we love you to

  • @waliul280

    @waliul280

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love u too

  • @ericponce8740

    @ericponce8740

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love and respect to all people in the Levant.

  • @amiwho3464

    @amiwho3464

    3 жыл бұрын

    I also love you guys! From Sweden :)

  • @waaedalord6474
    @waaedalord64743 жыл бұрын

    As an arab Christian , the title made me give the biggest BRUH in my life

  • @fasoooli2751

    @fasoooli2751

    3 жыл бұрын

    نعم lol

  • @asomebody3448

    @asomebody3448

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your fellow christian brothers in the comments are claiming you don't even exist

  • @onyxfc9146

    @onyxfc9146

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@asomebody3448 Of course why we should accept them as Christian. Never heard muslim accepting Osama bin Laden and Baghdadi as a muslim. Every time they say both of them are "terrorist" not "muslim".

  • @toqa6735

    @toqa6735

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@onyxfc9146 تصفيق💜

  • @onyxfc9146

    @onyxfc9146

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@toqa6735 ?

  • @unkouwnfigure2746
    @unkouwnfigure27463 жыл бұрын

    Nothing happened to us, we're still here mate.

  • @LukaKarra
    @LukaKarra Жыл бұрын

    Proud Maronite Christian from Israel 🇮🇱✝️

  • @franug
    @franug3 жыл бұрын

    I'm Chilean and have plenty of friends from Arab Christian descend. One of my husband's grandmother was Lebanese; one of my best friends' family is from Palestine, and I had lots of school mates from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. As you said, plenty of our country's richest families and polititians came from that area, with surnames like Saieh, Yarur, Said, Mosa, Bitar, etc.

  • @CDRNY25

    @CDRNY25

    Жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @muzz444
    @muzz4443 жыл бұрын

    Hey... We are here(a Palestinian christian)...and We are a strong community and we are very proud and respected all over!

  • @silasbishop3055

    @silasbishop3055

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think "Respected all over" is not true. In Lebanon, Palestinians are looked down on.

  • @muzz444

    @muzz444

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@silasbishop3055 well in Lebanon.. no one likes anyone so thats not weird and they are the majority in Lebanon btw (the Lebanese leader is christian) .. im a Palestinian and i know.. no but i feel respected... alot of famous Palestinians are Christians and if you were in my spot you will change your mind because there is no Christians without Palestine and no Palestine without Christians..

  • @gannas2000
    @gannas20003 жыл бұрын

    There is quite a bit of misinformation here. The first Arabic speakers were not from central Arabia but from Jordan, Western Syria and northern Saudi Arabia. We have inscriptions from those areas in Arabic (e.g using the Safaitic script) while central Arabia spoke a non-semitic language until it was conquered by the Arabs. This was centuries before the Romans invaded the region. The Nabateans were Arabic speaking, for example, even though their administrative language was Aramaic. In the 500s two out of the three main Arab kingdoms were Christian (Ghassanids and Lakhmids in the Levant and Iraq repectively) while the southern Kinda Kingdom was polytheistic. Claiming that the Levant was arabized after the Islamic conquests is a common misconception, especially among Arabs themselves. We (Arabs) tend to believe that Arab migrated northward from the Arabian peninsula because that occured a century or two before Islam, and therefore it was recorded in our collective memory. Its important not to conflate Arabs and muslims. There are plenty of Arab tribes that are Christian that never converted to Islam, while there are largely Muslim tribes that retain their Christian minority. Claiming that they are extinct is very ignorant. It is a shame that many Christian Arabs have left their homeland due to the turmoil in the region that churns out any and all minorities. There are, obviously, plenty of non Arabs in the Arab world, including Kurds and Assyrians. Phonecianism, however, is completey political fabrication. Fixating on the Arab expansions of the 7th and 8th centuries is as ridiculious as fixating on the pre-Islamic southward expanions of the Arabs towards the Arabian peninsula. Identity is complicated and focusing on bloodlines and lineages a waste of time.

  • @daedulus7203
    @daedulus72033 жыл бұрын

    Yes, he's finally taking about us Maronites! Thank you so much, nobody ever talks about us.

  • @christiankhoury1026

    @christiankhoury1026

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mary Fire no we are not

  • @starmaker75
    @starmaker753 жыл бұрын

    God protect the Arab Christians. Also a lot of Arab Christians moved to the USA during the 1860s-1920s to escape the Ottoman Empire going crazy with its Christian persecution.

  • @jakeawad2531

    @jakeawad2531

    3 жыл бұрын

    You forgot Israel

  • @Julius064

    @Julius064

    3 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Ottoman_Empire#Persecution Good lord ELEVEN assorted massacres and genocides in 80 years.

  • @mikers3580

    @mikers3580

    3 жыл бұрын

    john smith Assyrians

  • @asmasm9736

    @asmasm9736

    3 жыл бұрын

    They're now escaping the Israeli aggression

  • @AD-yq8rl

    @AD-yq8rl

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think Ottomans have a problem with it’s Christian population.(But I’m not sure about the 1910’s)

  • @mikenogozones
    @mikenogozones3 жыл бұрын

    When I was in Syria earlier this year I met some Syrian Christians. They're actually well respected by most people and big supporters of Bashar Al Assad. Since he's a member of another minority religion (Alawite) they throw their lot in with him than the possibility of being ruled by an extremist Islamic government.

  • @faanengaaw7357

    @faanengaaw7357

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many Christians in the middle east were well respected because middle eastern Christians were Politicians, doctors, nurses, lawyers, business owners, bankers & many other high ranking jobs. They even provided schools.

  • @nashmi-8609

    @nashmi-8609

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faanengaaw7357 thats right and thats evidence that we dont treat them bad as you think

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    The aliwites aren't considered muslim, so they were killed and oppressed in the past. Arab nationalism protected them, and made non-arabs muslims oppressed instead. As long they call themselves arab, they will be friends of assad and if they are non-muslim even more. Truelly the end of islam as we know it.

  • @earthynomad7160

    @earthynomad7160

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yurichtube1162 not really

  • @gloire83

    @gloire83

    3 жыл бұрын

    And they are plenty of Syrian Christians who are opposed to Assad's dictatorship as well. By the way, Syria had a Christian Prime Minister in the 40s way before Assad family took over the country through coup d'état. Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fares_al-Khoury Christians have been living side by side their Muslims country men peacefully in every major city in Syria like Damascus, Aleppo, Homs.etc for hundreds of years.

  • @isabella.chiodelli
    @isabella.chiodelli Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video!! I am from Brazil, and my half-siblings are descendants of Christian Lebanese and Syrians by their father side. It is one of the first videos about the subject I have seen!

  • @rinyui2935
    @rinyui2935 Жыл бұрын

    I love learning about the Arab Christians. Out of all of us, they have the most beautiful culture around Christianity, are the oldest, and wonderful traditions. I love the way they embrace Christianity, way more than the western Christians. Love to all my Christian family from the Middle East!!

  • @AdnanBen95

    @AdnanBen95

    7 ай бұрын

    I’m a Berber Christian. I agree. God bless you, Arab Christians, and all Christians.

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    We are greek of anoich not arab or turk 🇬🇷☦️

  • @MsDrigoro
    @MsDrigoro3 жыл бұрын

    A lot of people in my city are of Lebanese descent and they're all Catholics, even my best friend was a Lebanese descendant! Love from Mexico!!!

  • @primatalogico1162

    @primatalogico1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did he tell you that the Lebanese are not Arab ?! (If he knows)

  • @sunglassshinpan1352
    @sunglassshinpan13523 жыл бұрын

    I love finishing Mason's sentences. I've been here since around 30,000 subs.

  • @johnkhoury861
    @johnkhoury8613 жыл бұрын

    I am an orthodox Christian arab I trace my roots back to the Byzantine Empire , my grandfathers weren't Arabs but I consider my self arab today

  • @mujemoabraham6522

    @mujemoabraham6522

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do a Y-DNA test to know your real origin

  • @mariyabiswas3391

    @mariyabiswas3391

    2 жыл бұрын

    Byzantiums were not middle eastern but European Colonizers.

  • @am.b5688
    @am.b56882 жыл бұрын

    Its amazing that there are still 15 million Christians in Egypt, but There is no single Andalusian Muslim in Spain and Portugal( or Sicilly).

  • @chrisobeid7357
    @chrisobeid73573 жыл бұрын

    My Maronite family moved from Lebanon to Canada, next to Detroit, in the 1950s

  • @pedroalexandre2167
    @pedroalexandre21673 жыл бұрын

    I'm a descendant of a lebanese Christians in Brazil, and the politician's photo that masamans used is from Fernando Haddad, candidate for president in Brazil with lebanese roots

  • @rnrenato2125

    @rnrenato2125

    3 жыл бұрын

    Olha um Br kkkkk

  • @matheusgarcino1767

    @matheusgarcino1767

    3 жыл бұрын

    Um br kkkk

  • @wauliepalnuts6134

    @wauliepalnuts6134

    3 жыл бұрын

    *_ACTUALLY, HE IS MY UNCLE (MOM'S BROTHER). HE USED TO BE MAYOR OF SAO PAOLO._*

  • @libardolucumi

    @libardolucumi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hadad, quite a known last name in Colombia. Another destination for Christian Arabs

  • @zeleitao9747

    @zeleitao9747

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also known as Fernando Andrade.

  • @nuclearfish2380
    @nuclearfish23803 жыл бұрын

    You might find it interesting to do a video on the journeys of the different Greek ethnicities/dialects like Pontic, Thracian, Cretan, Cypriot .etc. (there's a ton so you'll probs have to cut a few out). Maybe even go older and talk about Doric, Aeolic, Ionic, Achaean .etc. There's a really rich (as well as dark and brutal) history to the different Hellenic peoples that would be interesting to see one of your videos.

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    Greek of capdica

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    Greek of egybt

  • @johnallison4688
    @johnallison46883 жыл бұрын

    As always a fascinating exposition of a vast history. You would be a valuable dinner guest.

  • @ruralsquirrel5158
    @ruralsquirrel51583 жыл бұрын

    Just like in the time of the Apostles, God has used the persecution of Christians to spread the faith to all ends of the Earth. "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive." - Genesis 50:20

  • @argadargad9128
    @argadargad91283 жыл бұрын

    Love to my Middle Eastern Christian brothers. From a Mandaean

  • @jesusisgod1787
    @jesusisgod17873 жыл бұрын

    LOVE TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE ARAB WORLD,YOU MIGHT BE A MINORITY IN MOST PARTS BUT YOU PART OF LARGER EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY FAMILY...LOVE FROM GHANA

  • @n-tv5fm
    @n-tv5fm Жыл бұрын

    Prayers to all Christian brothers from India 🔥💯

  • @PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz

    @PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 they are not converted like you. These are Christians from the time of Jesus ..

  • @PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz

    @PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz

    10 ай бұрын

    they don't even care for you blackies... You will be an Indian and an inferior Christian who converted / who's family converted either due to force or for some profit. Nothing more nothing else .

  • @n-tv5fm

    @n-tv5fm

    10 ай бұрын

    @@PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz you are mistaken brother, we are also christians from the 1AD itself, the direct disciple of Jesus, St.Thomas came to south India 1AD itself and whenever a man accept Jesus he is saved, no one is late💯

  • @abrahemsamander3967
    @abrahemsamander39673 жыл бұрын

    My dads family is Roman Catholic, has been for generations, aside from a few Muslim relatives. It’s very nice you've made this video, it’s nice to know more clues about my families possible heritage.

  • @isaiah3872

    @isaiah3872

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jordanian?

  • @aldemir6127
    @aldemir61273 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your honesty and I'm human before anything else and always will remain the same regardless anyone else.

  • @gilfredona
    @gilfredona Жыл бұрын

    I'm christian from Indonesia. God bless you channel🙏🙏🙏

  • @kolektib
    @kolektib3 жыл бұрын

    I have friends Arab Christian Catholic friends from northern Israel. I've attended their mass and, as a Catholic, everything was familiar. Except theirs was obviously in Arabic and they make the sign of the cross more often than us. Its extra special hearing a gospel about Jesus in Galilee when you are actually in the Galilee. (And I'm not even religious.)

  • @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    @user-oi7sv8vg8e

    5 ай бұрын

    No ! we are greek orthdox ctlohic is greek comunity 🇬🇷☦️

  • @lordguan88
    @lordguan882 жыл бұрын

    Latin Catholic from the US. I have been involved with a Melkite sister parish, and the liturgy was in english, with the chants formerly being in Arabic, (although this stopped when the choir director passed away).

  • @paulsaleem7554
    @paulsaleem75543 жыл бұрын

    Lots of love to all Christians in what is now "Muslim world". You all are an inspiration to Christians living in appalling - not so tolerant - conditions in Pakistan. May the grace & protection of our lord Jesus Christ be with you, always!.

  • @gabrielleangelica1977

    @gabrielleangelica1977

    2 жыл бұрын

    Christians are tolerant? Look at your history! ⚔️

  • @fightsandroasts7764

    @fightsandroasts7764

    2 жыл бұрын

    Shelley Omnist Lol right

  • @_d--

    @_d--

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielleangelica1977 because any other religion had only good apples? Look at any other religion's history mate.... Men do wrongs, not religions. Is all Islam bad because of some apples are extremists?

  • @gabrielleangelica1977

    @gabrielleangelica1977

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@_d-- Totally agree; bless you! ⚓

  • @_d--

    @_d--

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielleangelica1977 you too. Big hug from a Christian who still believes in humanity :)

  • @george3470
    @george34702 жыл бұрын

    This is the second video I watched of your channel. You did an amazing job discussing Christians of the middle east. I am now subscribed to your channel.

  • @519djw6
    @519djw62 жыл бұрын

    *An excellent presentation, especially considering it was all done in a little for 12 minutes!*

  • @Farb_dk
    @Farb_dk3 жыл бұрын

    I consider myself to be white, since my skin is pale af. I was born in Brazil to a half German half Portuguese mother and a half Syrian Orthodox and Half Lebanese Maronite father. I can trace my last name(Arabic) back to the time of the crusades, since a HRE knight mixed into the Syrian part of the family, but my mother makes thing a little bit merky, since her “Portuguese” half included a Jewish great great grandma and the German half included a Indigenous great great grandma

  • @lydiafarag7403
    @lydiafarag74033 жыл бұрын

    Loved this video- coptic/Egyptian here :)

  • @z4kry44

    @z4kry44

    3 жыл бұрын

    hi, i am a jordanian muslim

  • @abdullahhussein3775
    @abdullahhussein37753 жыл бұрын

    There are many Christian Arabs out there. My family comes from Iraq but we are not Arabs. We are Kuds. However I do know several Arab Christians who comes to my church, however they are recent converts to Christianity from Islam.

  • @youssefsaad132

    @youssefsaad132

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Abdul Karim yes it is

  • @jesperandersson889
    @jesperandersson8892 жыл бұрын

    wow you know your stuff! a muddle of surprising facts important and eye-opening

  • @steve2474
    @steve24743 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the informative video. God bless the Arab and all Christians of this region. As a side note, it would be helpful if you would speak a little slower while narrating this- a lot of information is being presented and its easier to retain more of it if it's being given at a slightly slower pace.

  • @thedabick
    @thedabick8 ай бұрын

    I am a Latin christian wanting to marry an Arab christian women

  • @robertmyers6488
    @robertmyers64886 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Well done and researched.

  • @dianezaarour8672
    @dianezaarour86723 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Lebanese maronite Christian born in Australia. But now a born again Christian. There is a increase in Christians in the middle east with an underground church. Many Muslims are converting. Especially in Iran

  • @danielerlanggasantiagosila7170

    @danielerlanggasantiagosila7170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really?? How?? I loved to know that