Everyday+Life+in+the+Arab+World

=Arabic News:=

[|BBC Arabic]

[|Aljazeera]

[|MSN Arabia]

= R eligion in the Arab World:=

Islam:
[|Religious Tolerance Group's Islam Page]

[|Isalm 101]


 * Five times a day the Adhan call Muslims to prayer. "God is great. I bear witness that there is no god but God. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Come to prayer. Come to success. God is Great."**

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Christianity:

 * FACT: 4 of the 5 original Christian patriarchates were in the Arab World--Constantinople(modernly Istanbul), Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.

Maronite Catholicism:
The term "Maronite" originally referred to those who were taught by St. Maron. After the death of the Patriarch of Antioch, and the delayed election of the successor, Maronites elected their own patriarach, a move which was not condoned by the Orthodox Patriarchs, but one that was later accecpted and approved by Rome. The connection between the Maronites and Rome was re-established and reaffirmed during the Crusades when Maronites gave aid to the Crusaders. Today, the Maronite patriarch is able to join the College of Cardinals in Rome if he wishes and requests and recieves full communion with the Pope in Rome.

Syriac Orthodox Church:
The Syriac Orthodox Church broke away from the Patriarch of Antioch after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 A.D. Adherents to this faith are thus called "non-Chalcedonians." The major difference in theology between Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians is the belief in the Chalcedonian Churches that Christ was fully human and fully divine--the two natures of Christ. The belief of the Syraic Orthodox Church is that Christ has one nature, divine. The liturgical language of the Syriac Orthodox Church is Syriac, a close relative of Aramaic.



Orthodox Christian Chruch:
The Orthodox Christian Church consists of four of the five original Patriarchates and accecpts the Seven Eccumenical Councils(Nicea, Constantinople, Ephesus, Chalcedon, Constantinople, Constantinople, and Nicea). The theology of the Orthodox Church is has remained unchanged. The liturgical language of the Orthodox Church varies depending on the venacular of a region. Specefically, the Patriarch of Antioch use Arabic as the liturgical language, as does the Patriarch of Alexandria in some cases. The Roman Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Coptic Churches are not in communion with the Orthodox Patriarchs.