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Arab Americans , The first Arabs to immigrate in large numbers to the United States were Lebanese Christians in the 1880s (see Lebanese Americans ). Lebanese Muslims… Hegira , Hegira •airer, bearer, carer, Clara, darer, declarer, Demerara, Éire, habanera, Halmahera, parer, Perak, primavera, repairer, Rivera, Riviera, Sarah,… Sheikh , Sheikh
ETHNONYM: Shaikh
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Arabs comprise less than one-quarter of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims.… Arabic Languages , Arabic languages, members of the West Semitic group of the Semitic subdivision of the Afroasiatic family of languages (see Afroasiatic languages). Th… Islamic dietary laws , ha·lal / həˈläl; həˈlal/ • adj. denoting or relating to meat prepared as prescribed by Muslim law: halal butchers. ∎ religiously acceptable according…
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Faqih (pl., Fuqaha)