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The term Semite means a member of any ancient and modern peoples originating in the Middle East. (hence languages from that region are called semitic languages)
The word "Semite" is an adjective derived from the word shem which means name in Hebrew- it is also the name of one of Noah's sons.
The term "anti-Semite" was made famous in 1873 by a German journalist wilhelm marr who wrote an anti-jewish pamphlet called, "The Victory of Jewry over Germandom"
Since then the term 'Anti Semite' has been associated specifically with jews and has come to mean anti-jew.
Judaism is just a religion. Hebrew is a semitic race of the Jewish religion. Hebrew is an arab race related to the medianite arabs and other semites. In The Bible, Arab is mention but only as a people of a language or tribe (example: germanic is race or language in europe but they resemble all other european people). Most jews resemble white people. This tells me they are just white (just religion not race)
If arab is semite, all other semite should look arab. Arab is ancient semitic tribe who colonized other semites around the beginning of Islam and spread culture and religion.
For example, people in Chad don't speak arabic, but we are arabs. They are semits who obviously were not linguistically colonized (not all people of the same race speak same language, arab is a modern collective term).
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The meaning of a word is its use, not its etymology. The term 'anti-semitism' is only used of people who are anti-Jewish. There are no actual examples of the use of the terms 'anti-semitic' and/or 'anti-semitism' to denote hostility to Arabs, for example.
- Anti-semitism has NOTHING to do with prejudice against Arabs - it's just a fancy term, invented in the 1870s, for Jew-baiting.
- Traditional anti-semitism was based on religion, not race. It might be better to call it anti-Judaism, but usage prefers 'antisemitism'.
- The period from about 1870 onwards saw the rise of racial anti-semitism. It relied heavily on conspiracy theories and unlike traditional anti-semitism it claimed to the be a political ideology, an '-ism' with solutions to the world's problems. If one looks at the characteristics ascribed to Jews by antisemites it's clear that the ideology is fundamentally anti-modern and irrational.
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What does anti-Jewish mean?
Anti-Jewish is usually used to describe opinions that are opposed to Jewish religion, practice, beliefs, or aspirations. This is in contrast to Anti-Semitic which is usually used to describe opinions that are opposed to Jewish people.
Are jews considered asian?
Jews are native to Western Asia. Modern Jews, however, do not acknowledge their heritage as Arabs and claim to be White.Jewish answer:The above anonymous answer contradicts itself, since Western Asia has as its native groups not only Arabs. We Jews are indeed natives of Western Asia, as DNA tests have shown; and we have never concealed or denied that fact. Jews and Arabs are related and are both Semitic, and neither group claims to have had its origin in Europe or as Caucasians.
Arabs are descendants of whom?
The modern definition of an Arab is anyone who identifies as an Arab (Maxine Rodinson, The Arabs). Thus, most Berbers of North Africa now identify as Arabs and therefore are Arabs. Similarly, the Palestinians identify as Arabs, although they are mainly descended from the ancient Canaanites and Philistines (Sami Hadawi, Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine). The Arabs of ancient times were a Semitic people who originated in and around the Arabian peninsula.Biblical and Quranic tradition is that the Arabs were descended from Ishmael, son of Abraham.Another AnswerSince your asking for the descendants of the Arabs they are people form saudia Arabia and the gulf all other middle eastern countries are not Arab in ethincity since they were invaded by them.
Were the Arabs civilised?
The Arabs were the first civilized people in the world since civilization was originally created in Baghdad , Iraq
Does Iraq consist mostly of Arabs?
Yes , since it is an Arabic country.
Which language did the Marsh Arabs speak?
Marsh Arabs speak Iraqi Arabic. (They still exist since Saddam Hussein's genocide against them was not entirely successful.)
Who are the indgenous people of Egypt?
The original indigenous people of Egypt were the ancient Egyptians, who were racially and linguistically halfway between the Semitic people of the Middle East and the ancient Libyans, Tuaregs and Berbers of North Africa. Not Europeans, not Negro and not Semitic, they were another, separate race. Since 639 AD Egypt has been occupied by Muslim Arabs and its people have been racially subsumed by the Arabic people, culture and language (much like the Celts of Britain have been subsumed by foreign invasions).
Why did Arab conflict start?
There is no such thing as "Arab Conflict" since Arabs engage in the same type of warfare as everyone else. There are also many distinct conflicts that invovle Arabs.
Who were the Egyptians descendants of?
The descendants of the Ancient Egyptians are mostly the Coptic Egyptians, as the rest of the Egyptians are Arabs who came from what is now called Saudi Arabia. Since Ancient Egyptians were neither Arabs nor did they speak Arabic, most modern Egyptians have no connection to the Ancient Egyptians since they're Arabs.
What is the present relationship between Arabs and Israelis?
Since 20% of Israelis are Arabs, the two groups have some overlap, but if the question refers exclusively to non-Israeli Arabs and Israelis, there is a tense and violent political and economic relationship. On a personal level, there are some Arab-Israeli relationships.
Why do Jews fight Arabs when their real enemy was the Germans?
Things have changed since World War 2 ...
What do berbers and Arabs have in common?
They have lots in common especially since they are the 2 main ethnic groups in Africa
