tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post1056063579754203337..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: OnIslam's Funny Numbersscaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-81477747931843072802011-07-05T06:45:03.908-04:002011-07-05T06:45:03.908-04:00I have a feeling that more often than not they ARE...I have a feeling that more often than not they ARE pulled out of thin air. As well, it's a case of wishful thinking, I think.scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-80800897403267430242011-07-04T22:36:06.044-04:002011-07-04T22:36:06.044-04:00Those inflated numbers of American Moslems, to the...Those inflated numbers of American Moslems, to the extent they aren't simply pulled out of thin air, are often based on statistical surveys of Arab last names as a proportion of total sample size. The fly in the ointment is that, while the U. S. does indeed have a substantial Arab-American population, the overwhelming majority of them are Christians.<br /><br />Jacksonville, Florida, where I live makes a good case in point: a significant proportion of the city's inhabitants have Arabic last names, e.g., Tommy _Hazouri_, who was mayor during the 1990s, but almost all of them are Christians, largely Catholics with a sprinkling of Protestants (Hazouri himself is Methodist). My own personal physician is a Maronite Christian, originally from Lebanon. I sometimes attend the Syriac Rite Catholic Church that is near my home. None of the parishioners seems likely to convert to Islam any time soon.Carlos Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253355647824872032noreply@blogger.com