Venezuela has 1.6 Million Arabs out of 29 Million people, or roughly 6% of the population.
Wikipedia reports that the vast majority are either Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, or Eastern Rite Catholics. There are very few Muslims among them. Most are from Lebanon, Syria, or Palestine.
6th Annual Arab Fair in Venezuela
Posted on YouTube: September 16, 2009
July 3, 2020 – Edited: Removed some dead links. Updated some data.
June 16, 2022 – Edited: Fixed styling.
I had to remove video. Pity! It was good. But I left the post up to show that there are Evangelical Arab Churches in Venezuela.
Fernando Campos, an Evangelical preacher/singer, in an Arab Evangelical Church in Venezuela.
At (2:51) you will see a female Pastor Asuan El Dbassi, a name so Arabic it hurts.
Two things should be obvious
1) In Islam, there are no female clerics, at least not according to the hadiths.
2) In Christianity, there are many denominations which allow for female clerics. This congregation seems to be Pentecostal.
For this who think Islam can win in South America, look at this video. BTW: The girls wearing head scarves (1:26) seem to be doing more so from ethnic cultural identification than religious sensibilities. These are Christians, and so hijabs would not be a requirement. The women do not wear them elsewhere.
South America is having a massive Evangelical Revival. So, one will notice Evangelical Arab Congregations which would be rare in other parts of the world.
28 November 2017 – Had to remove video, which no longer worked.
