Maghrebis or Maghrebians (, ) is a modern Arabic term meaning "Westerners", mainly referring to the western part of the Arab world. are the inhabitants of Maghreb region, the westernmost part of North Africa. Maghrebis were known in medieval times as Roman Africans or Moors. The term Moor is derived from Mauri, the Roman name for the Berbers of Mauretania, land of the Moors, the Roman name for the western part of the Maghreb. The Maghrebis are mainly of Arab and Berber origins, the rest are Arab-Berbers and Arabized Berbers. The Berbers are native to the region and synonymous with the term in older and historiographical literature. Recently, the Christian community of Berber or Arab descent has experienced significant growth, and conversions to Christianity, especially to Evangelicalism, is common in Algeria,* Sadek Lekdja, Christianity in Kabylie, Radio France Internationale, 7 mai 2001 especially in the Kabylie,Lucien Oulahbib, Le monde arabe existe-t-il ?, page 12, 2005, Editions de Paris, Paris. MoroccoMorocco: General situation of Muslims who converted to Christianity, and specifically those who converted to Catholicism; their treatment by Islamists and the authorities, including state protection (2008-2011) and Tunisia.International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Tunisia. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (14 September 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. A 2015 study estimates 380,000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria.Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census Linguistics The Greater Maghreb have hosted several languages. Berber or also known as Amazigh is the indigenous language family of the region, belonging to the greater Afro-Asiatic family. Two thousand years ago, Punic, Berber and Latin would have alternated in communication among the populations of Northwest Africa and the rest of the Mediterranean basin. The Arabic language as known throughout the region nowadays arrived later in the Greater Maghreb with the historical Arab conquest and Islam. This language ousted the Berber languages in its various variants, although the process was a long time one, Berber has long been a very prominent language in Algeria and Morocco till our contemporary era. Romance language itself might still have existed in the Greater Maghreb in the 12th century. The Greater Maghreb once again became partly Romance with colonisation. From the 1830s, the French began by conquering Algeria, where French was declared the official language of the country. It also obtains the position of highly placed languages of local elites. See also Arabs Berbers Hamitic Maghrebi Jews Northwest Africa Numidia Carthage List of Maghrebis E1b1b1b (Y-DNA) Berber Revolt Berber Spring Muslim conquest of North Africa Berbers and Islam Berber Jews Arab-Berber Arabized Berber Kabylism, Algerianism, Berberism Moors Barbary Coast Maghrebis Category:North Africa Category:North African people Category:Arabs Category:Berber people Category:Moroccan people Category:Algerian people Category:Tunisian people Category:Libyan people Category:Mauritanian peop
Maghrebis or Maghrebians (, ) is a modern Arabic term meaning "Westerners", are the inhabitants of Maghreb region, the westernmost part of North Africa. Maghrebis were known in medieval times as Roman Africans or Moors. The term Moor is derived from Mauri, the Roman name for the Berbers of Mauretania, land of the Moors, the Roman name for the western part of the Maghreb. The Maghrebis are mainly of Berber origins, the rest are Arab-Berbers and Arabized Berbers. The Berbers are native to the region and synonymous with the term in older and historiographical literature. Recently, the Christian community has experienced significant growth, and conversions to Christianity, especially to Evangelicalism, is common in Algeria,* Sadek Lekdja, Christianity in Kabylie, Radio France Internationale, 7 mai 2001 especially in the Kabylie,Lucien Oulahbib, Le monde arabe existe-t-il ?, page 12, 2005, Editions de Paris, Paris. MoroccoMorocco: General situation of Muslims who converted to Christianity, and specifically those who converted to Catholicism; their treatment by Islamists and the authorities, including state protection (2008-2011) and Tunisia.International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Tunisia. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (14 September 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. A 2015 study estimates 380,000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria.Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census Linguistics The Greater Maghreb have hosted several languages. Berber or also known as Amazigh is the indigenous language family of the region, belonging to the greater Afro-Asiatic family. Two thousand years ago, Punic, Berber and Latin would have alternated in communication among the populations of Northwest Africa and the rest of the Mediterranean basin. The Arabic language as known throughout the region nowadays arrived later in the Greater Maghreb with the historical Arab invasion and Islam. This language ousted the Berber languages in its various variants, although the process was a long time one, Berber has long been a very prominent language in Algeria and Morocco till our contemporary era. Romance language itself might still have existed in the Greater Maghreb in the 12th century. The Greater Maghreb once again became partly Romance with colonisation. From the 1830s, the French began by conquering Algeria, where French was declared the official language of the country. It also obtains the position of highly placed languages of local elites. See also Berbers Hamitic Maghrebi Jews Northwest Africa Numidia Carthage List of Maghrebis E1b1b1b (Y-DNA) Berber Revolt Berber Spring Muslim conquest of North Africa Berbers and Islam Berber Jews Arab-Berber Arabized Berber Kabylism, Algerianism, Berberism Moors Barbary Coast Maghrebis Category:North Africa Category:North African people Category:Berber people Category:Moroccan people Category:Algerian people Category:Tunisian people Category:Libyan people Category:Mauritanian peop
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mainly referring to the western part of the Arab world.
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