Christians

===Arabic terms===
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In [[Arab world|Arabic-speaking cultures]], two words are commonly used for Christians: ''Naṣrānī'' ({{lang|ar|نصراني}}), plural ''Naṣārā'' ({{lang|ar|نصارى}}) is generally understood to be derived from [[Nazarene (sect)|Nazarenes]], believers of [[Nazarene (title)|Jesus of Nazareth]] through [[Syriac language|Syriac]] (Aramaic); ''Masīḥī'' ({{lang|ar|مسيحي}}) means followers of the Messiah.<ref name="SOFIR">Society for Internet Research, [http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/005539.php The Hamas Charter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525050133/http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/005539.php |date=25 May 2013 }}, note 62 (erroneously, "salidi").</ref> Where there is a distinction, ''Nasrani'' refers to people from a Christian culture and ''Masihi'' is used by Christians themselves for those with a religious faith in Jesus.<ref name="Tayler">[[Jeffrey Tayler]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=98dQ39WOoUUC&dq=masihi+nasrani&pg=RA1-PA41 Trekking through the Moroccan Sahara]''.</ref> In some countries ''Nasrani'' tends to be used generically for non-Muslim Western foreigners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nasara |url=http://www.mazyanbizaf.com/mbs002 |website=Mazyan Bizaf Show|access-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013151448/http://www.mazyanbizaf.com/mbs002/|archive-date=13 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Another Arabic word sometimes used for Christians, particularly in a political context, is ''Ṣalībī'' ({{lang|ar|صليبي}} "Crusader") from ''ṣalīb'' ({{lang|ar|صليب}} "cross"), which refers to [[Crusades|Crusaders]] and may have negative connotations.<ref name="SOFIR"/><ref>[[Akbar S. Ahmed]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kXY9AAAAIAAJ&dq=salibi+crusader&pg=PA110 Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity]'', p 110.</ref> However, ''Ṣalībī'' is a modern term; historically, Muslim writers described European Christian Crusaders as ''al-Faranj'' or ''Alfranj'' ({{lang|ar|الفرنج}}) and ''Firinjīyah'' ({{lang|ar|الفرنجيّة}}) in Arabic.<ref>Rashid al-din Fazl Allâh, quoted in Karl Jahn (ed.) Histoire Universelle de Rasid al-Din Fadl Allah Abul=Khair: I. Histoire des Francs (Texte Persan avec traduction et annotations), Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1951. (Source: M. Ashtiany)</ref> This word comes from the name of the [[Franks]] and can be seen in the Arab history text [[Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh]] by [[Ali ibn al-Athir]].<ref>{{lang|ar|سنة ٤٩١ – "ذكر ملك الفرنج مدينة أنطاكية" في الكامل في التاريخ}}</ref><ref>"Account of ''al-Faranj'' seizing Antioch" Year 491AH, [[The Complete History]]</ref>