:::::: Well, mate it is pretty fucking hard to tell what you are in fact arguing since you throw out irrelevancies. Now your source merely indicates, which is not at all in dispute, that Arabic is understood (as a 2nd language). Now, the proposition on hand is to specifically exclude that from the category as it is deceptive and opens up putting a large number of countries in the Arabic spoken info box where Arabic is not widely spoken as commonly understood (on a daily basis, outside of limited fields, such as religion). Your incoherent arguments about "actual" Turks, Iranians/Persians, etc notwithstanding. Now if you have some clear and responsive argument, please do share it, including why mother tongue is objectionable as a standard. (  )