Then, they were just practicing Arabic culture. No Christians are tolerated in or around Arabic events. They are either shot, hung, or jailed.
It's an 'ethnic' thing, ya know?
Yet the few Arab Christians that I have known (mostly from Lebanon and Syria)can trace the lineage of their families Christianity back to the evangelical efforts of the original Apostles.
They have been hanging in there for 2000 years.
God Bless Them! Theirs is a Hard Road!