Re: Working on ar_FR locale

[Isam Bayazidi <ibayazidi at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:23:09 +0300, Munzir Taha
<munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa> > Wow! I am afraid this thread would
turn into politics which I hate to discuss
> very much. But I haven't seen a comment and I am afraid a mess would happen
> here and hence the comment.
> 
> First, I believe Arab league is more of politics than truth. They can get you
> out of them for political reasons though you are an arab and they may let you
> in if they love you even if you are not ;) Seriously speaking the Arab league
> has suspended Egypt membership in 1979 after it signed a peace treaty with
> Israel => So Egypt is not an Arabic country between 1979-1989!!
> 
> Disclaimer: In case a Somalian, Mauritanian,... is reading this: I haven't
> meant any offending thing here. I am just defending your right not to be
> Arabs ;)

Well, It is not political, the above countries have Arabic language as
one of their official langauges (by law, by constitution) and so I
assume that if a country have Arabic as an official language that
there is a portion of the popultion that speaks it, and so a locale
for them should be added ..

And although Chad is not in the Arab league, Arabic language is one of
the official languages in that country as well..

> 
> > On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:51:34 +0200, Isam Ishaq <isam at planet dot edu> wrote:
> > > > Do you folks see any country were Arabic is widely spoken or, even
> > > > more important, where Arabic is the official language, which is mising
> > > > above?
> > >
> > > yes:
> > > ar_PS
> > > ar_IL
> 
> ar_PS (Palestine) are Arabs but ar_IL (Israel) are Jewish.

The State of Israel have Hebrew and Arabic as their official langauges
(By Law).

-- 
Yours, 
Isam Bayazidi