Talk:Demographics of Syria

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[edit] non-Arab Middle East Christians

I think people should have a look at the doings of some anti-Arab Christian activists at the Assyrian-related articles. They even designed a totally inaccurate and propagandist Syriacs box, mentioning Maronites and Melkites as "Syriacs", thus non-Arabs, which I proposed for deletion here. Pylambert 23:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arabs in Syria

What's wrong with saying most Syrians are Arabs? The Library of Congress says:

Accurate statistical breakdowns by language and ethnic group were unavailable in 1986, and estimates by authorities varied. Arabs, or native speakers of Arabic, were thought to constitute nearly 90 percent of the population, but Kurdish, Armenian, Turkic, and Syriac were also spoken. Arabs are divided into a number of religious communities. Arabic-speaking Sunni Muslims, who constitute the largest single group, account for slightly more than half the population.

—Khoikhoi 01:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SSNP

This rticle looks like it was written by someone from the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, who want a "greater Syria", just take a look: "The ethnic term Syrian includes all Arabic speaking Sunni Muslim, and Greek and Roman Christian Fellahin within the Levant (Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and the Israeli Administered Territories). Syria's population is 90% Muslim—74% Sunni, and 16% other Muslim groups, including the Alawi, Shi'a, and Druze—and 10% Christian. There also is a small (4,500) Syrian Jewish community." This would be irrelevant, as the article is about the demographics of the state of Syria, but for a SSNP'er, the entire Levant is Syria.

Tbis is useless too: "Ethnic Syrians, including some 400,000 Palestinians, make up 85% of the population. " Doesn't make a difference when they aren't even legal citizens of the state. They're only countedmoff as "ethnic Syrians" because SSNP'ers believe Palestine should be part of greater Syria. --83.72.194.208 14:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)