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Re: The Octuplet Names
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Well, don't want cause a massive OT discussion here, but a consistent part of the Lebanese population is Christian. Also there's a minority of Christian Palestinians. Interestingly enough, 2% of the population of Gaza is Christian.But, while Dr Kent is right to point out that Arab and Muslim aren't synonims, I made the same assumption that the family in question was probably Muslim, as none of the articles I read indicated their religion, one of the articles mentioned that the octuplets' grandfather is Palestinian-born but made no mention of the family's religion.
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There are plenty of Palestinians who are Christian, and as Christian Palestinians have had a much higher emigration rate than Muslim ones, the % of Palestinian-Americans who are Christian is much higher than that back in Palestine. Around 10% of the population of Egypt is Christian, mostly Copts:http://www.faqs.org/minorities/Middle-East-and-North-Africa/Copts-of-Egypt.html
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DittoI've known a few Arab Christians but then again I come from a VERY Christian background.
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