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*** If Fr. Abd-el Masih does convince others that he really is a Catholic priest, then he has to explain why he has a wife and kids, but that's another [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity trope]] [[note]]Melkites are actually an Eastern Catholic rather than Orthodox group, meaning that they follow same liturgy and practices, including married priests, as an Orthodox Church, but recognize leadership of the Pope. Specifically, Melkites are the Catholic counterpart to the Eastern (originally Greek-speaking) Orthodox church in the Middle East that has a few million believers in the Levant (and immigrant populations coming out of the region).[[/note]]
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*** And Fr. Abd-el Masih is a character in a show that centers around a community of Arab Melkite Christians in Australia where every Arab character is Christian (and they frequently interact with a community of Bosnian Muslims.)

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*** And Fr. Abd-el Masih is a character in a show that centers around a community of Arab Melkite Christians in Australia where every Arab character is a Christian (and they frequently interact with a community of Bosnian Muslims.)
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*** And Fr. Abd-el Masih is a character in a show that centers around a community of Arab Melkite Christians in Australia where every Arab character is Christian (and they frequently interact with a community of Bosnian Muslims.)
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** Fr. Abd-el Masih ibn Boutros el Khouri is constantly forced to explain he is not a Muslim even when he's wearing a Roman collar (and his name screams "I'm a Christian from a long line of Christians" in Arabic.)
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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd (Norwegian) is a Norse neopagan, Julieta (Mexican) follows traditional Mazatec religious practices, Blerta (Albanian) is Muslim, and Levi (German) is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].

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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd (Norwegian) is a Norse neopagan, Julieta (Mexican) follows traditional Mazatec religious practices, Blerta Anisa (Albanian) is Muslim, and Levi (German) is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].



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* '''Invoked''': ???For whatever reasons, Christian Arabs convert themselves to Islam.



* '''Played for Horror''': Non-Arab Muslims doesn't exist because they all have been killed by an Arab supremacist serial killer.

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* '''Played for Horror''': Non-Arab Muslims doesn't don't exist because they all have been killed by an Arab supremacist serial killer.

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* '''Downplayed''': Persian and South Asian Muslims are seen in the background of the story and are shown to exist, but they have no role in the story.

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* '''Downplayed''': Persian and '''Downplayed''':
** Persian,
South Asian, and Southeast Asian Muslims are seen in the background of the story and are shown to exist, but they have no role in the story.story.
** Persian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian Muslims are shown, but [[InterchangeableAsianCultures they also speak Arabic and follow Arab traditions]].



** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Julieta follows traditional Mazatec religious practices and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].
** All Asians are assumed to be Buddhists despite the fact that Rajesh is a Sikh, Togawa is a Shintoist, Arman is Muslim, and Dinh practices folk religion.

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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd (Norwegian) is a Norse neopagan, Julieta (Mexican) follows traditional Mazatec religious practices practices, Blerta (Albanian) is Muslim, and Levi (German) is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].
** All Asians are assumed to be Buddhists despite the fact that Rajesh (Indian) is a Sikh, Togawa (Japanese) is a Shintoist, Arman (Indonesian) is Muslim, Jose (Filipino) is Christian, and Dinh (Vietnamese) practices folk religion.



** Neither Arabs nor Muslims are shown in the story.



* '''Defied''': The main Muslim cast members consist of a Persian, Kazakh, Indonesian and Pakistani, and all four of them speak different languages and have notable cultural differences, with being called an Arab being a major BerserkButton for all four of them.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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The main Muslim cast members consist of a Persian, Kazakh, Indonesian and Pakistani, and all four of them speak different languages and have notable cultural differences, with being called an Arab being a major BerserkButton for all four of them.them.
** John does research about non-Arab Muslim-majority countries to avoid mistaking people from the said countries as Arabs.




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* '''Played for Horror''': Non-Arab Muslims doesn't exist because they all have been killed by an Arab supremacist serial killer.



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Back Oksim bil'lah, you have to AllMuslimsAreArabunderstand my brother, not AllMuslimsAreArab!
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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Julieta follows traditional Mazatec religionous practices and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].

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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Julieta follows traditional Mazatec religionous religious practices and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].
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* '''Justified''': John was raised in an environment of Muslim immigrants, but because they all come from Arabic speaking Middle Eastern countries, he never unlearned the assumption until he meets Christian Arabs and Persian Muslims..

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* '''Justified''': John was raised in an environment of Muslim immigrants, but because they all come from Arabic speaking Middle Eastern countries, he never unlearned the assumption until he meets Christian Arabs and Persian Muslims..Muslims.



** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Evangelía is a Hellenist and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].
** All Asians are assumed to be Buddhists despite the fact that Rajesh is a Sikh, Togawa is a Shintoist, Arman is Muslim, and Dinh pratices folk religion.

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** All Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Evangelía is a Hellenist Julieta follows traditional Mazatec religionous practices and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].
** All Asians are assumed to be Buddhists despite the fact that Rajesh is a Sikh, Togawa is a Shintoist, Arman is Muslim, and Dinh pratices practices folk religion.

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** All Europeans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Evangelía is a Hellenist and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].

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** All Europeans Europeans, North and South Americans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan, Evangelía is a Hellenist and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].Ashkenazim]].
** All Asians are assumed to be Buddhists despite the fact that Rajesh is a Sikh, Togawa is a Shintoist, Arman is Muslim, and Dinh pratices folk religion.
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* '''Exaggerated''': All non Arab Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan are full of Arabs too, and no one in the work questions it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': All non Arab non-Arab Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan are full of Arabs too, and no one in the work questions it.
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** All Europeans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan and Evangelía is a Hellenist.

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** All Europeans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan and neopagan, Evangelía is a Hellenist.Hellenist and Levi is [[AllJewsAreAshkenazi Ashkenazim]].

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* '''Averted''': The assumption that the four Muslims are Arab is never brought up.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The assumption that the four Muslims are Arab is never brought up.up.
** The work goes out of its way to present the racial and cultural diversity of the Muslim world more realistically by including non-Arab Muslims.
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** All non-Arabs are assumed to be not Muslim especially if they lack Arabic-sounding names, Islamic-appropriate clothing like hijab, and/or Middle Eastern features. Ratna, Ma, Yalwa, & Tomislav (an Indonesian, Hui Chinese, Nigerian, & Bosniak respectively) were invited to a bar but all of them refused by stating that they're Muslims.
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* '''Exaggerated''': All non Arab Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan are full of Arabs too, and one in the work questions it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': All non Arab Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan are full of Arabs too, and no one in the work questions it.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Until it turns out Fatima, Amira and Hasan are all ethnically Arab anyway, just not nationals of an Arabic family.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Until it turns out Fatima, Amira and Hasan are all ethnically Arab anyway, just not nationals of an Arabic family.Arab country.

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* '''Inverted''': It is assumed that all Arabs are Muslim, even if Fatima is Christian and Hasan is Jewish.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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It is assumed that all Arabs are Muslim, even if Fatima is Christian and Hasan is Jewish.Jewish.
** All Europeans are assumed to be Christian. Despite the fact that Sigurd is a Norse neopagan and Evangelía is a Hellenist.



* '''Exploited''': Jebran is an Arabic Christian, but in order to avoid John's revolting Pork dishes without hurting his feelings, claims to be Muslim to get out of eating it. John believes him under the grounds Jebran is Arab.

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* '''Exploited''': Jebran is an Arabic Christian, but in order to avoid John's revolting Pork pork dishes without hurting his feelings, claims to be Muslim to get out of eating it. John believes him under the grounds Jebran is Arab.



* '''Implied''': The mosque that Amira goes to has announcements written in another language besides Arabic.



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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': John was raised in a sheltered environment and never unlearned the assumption.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
All non Arab Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan are full of Arabs too, and one in the work questions it.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
Persian and South Asian Muslims are seen in the background of the story and are shown to exist, but they have no role in the story.
* '''Justified''': John was raised in a sheltered an environment and of Muslim immigrants, but because they all come from Arabic speaking Middle Eastern countries, he never unlearned the assumption.assumption until he meets Christian Arabs and Persian Muslims..



* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Upon moving to Egypt, John is instantly accepted as a member of the Muslim faith.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Until it turns out Fatima, Amira and Hasan are all ethnically Arab anyway, just not nationals of an Arabic family.
* '''Parodied''': Upon moving to Egypt, Egypt and speaking one word of Arabic, John is instantly accepted as a member of the Muslim faith.
faith, much to the confusion of the Egyptian Coptic Christians watching the scene.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???All Muslim characters shown in a work are Arab, but John does travel to Bangladesh at one point, only for the characters he meets turn out to all be ethnic Arab Muslims living there anyway, but said Arabs in Bangladesh point out just knowing Arabic won't get him around the country.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Pretty sure speaking Arabic won't get you that far in Kazakhstan."



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Jebran is an Arabic Christian, but in order to avoid John's revolting Pork dishes without hurting his feelings, claims to be Muslim to get out of eating it. John believes him under the grounds Jebran is Arab.
* '''Defied''': ???The main Muslim cast members consist of a Persian, Kazakh, Indonesian and Pakistani, and all four of them speak different languages and have notable cultural differences, with being called an Arab being a major BerserkButton for all four of them.
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'''Basic Trope''': The assumption that all Muslims are Arabic or of Arabic descent.
* '''Straight''': ''Troper Tales'' is set in America and has a WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant protagonist named John. The Muslim characters Ahmed, Fatima, Amira, and Hasan are all Arab or Arab-American.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': John was raised in a sheltered environment and never unlearned the assumption.
* '''Inverted''': It is assumed that all Arabs are Muslim, even if Fatima is Christian and Hasan is Jewish.
* '''Subverted''': Ahmed is an Arab whose family is from Egypt, but Fatima is Pakistani, Amira is Indonesian, and Hasan is Iranian. John just assumed they were all Arab.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Upon moving to Egypt, John is instantly accepted as a member of the Muslim faith.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The assumption that the four Muslims are Arab is never brought up.
* '''Enforced''': "How do we make John more like an [[{{Eagleland}} uncultured American]]?" "Have him think all the Muslim characters are Arab!"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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