Arab-ness is Next to Godliness?

A pretty good article by Sister Fatemeh Fakhraie on the conflation of Arab culture with Islam

What is troublesome about all this is that most Muslims who are non-Arabs complain that they’re not seen as Muslims because they’re not Arab (or ethnically Middle Eastern, in some cases). But when non-Arab Muslims take Arab names or wear Arab clothes under the guise of “Islamic authenticity,” we’re all reinforcing the idea that we’re not really Muslims unless we have some link to Arab culture.

You can say that again sister!