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Christianity in the Arab world traces its history back to the first century. Typically Arab Christians belong to one of the Eastern Orthodox churches. Like Arab Muslims, Arab Christians refer to God as Allah. The use of the term Allah in Arab Christian churches predates its use in Islam by several centuries. In more recent times (especially since the mid 1800's), Arabs from the Levant region have been converted from these churches to Protestant ones, most notably Baptist and Methodist churches. This is mostly due to an influx of Western, predominantly American missionaries. The largest numbers of Arab Christians can be found in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and especially the United States. Lebanon is believed to be about 30% Cristian (mainly Maronite with sizable numbers of Greek Orthodox, Syrian Catholic and other churches), Syria is just under 15% Christian, about 6% of all Palestinians are Christian in some form or another and there are tiny communities of Roman Catholics in TunisiaTunisia is a Muslim Arab country situated on the North African Mediterranean coast. It borders on Algeria to the west and Libya to the south and east. El-joumhouriyya et-Tounisiyya Official language Arabic Capital Tunis President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali P, AlgeriaAlgeria is a country in northern Africa with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea along the north and bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco in the west (the Moroccan and MoroccoAl Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah In Detail( Full size) Official language Arabic Capital Rabat Largest City Casablanca King Mohammed VI Prime Minister Driss Jettou Area Total Ranked 56th 446,550 kmē Population Total (2003) Density31,689,267 70/kmē Ranked 36th In. Most of the members in North Africa however, are foreign missionaries or workers or converted Arabs.
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