The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians Under Islam
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0838632629 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 444 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-27 |
| Language | : | Hebrew |
DESCRIPTION:
Indispensable to the Western observer for a full understanding of the complexities of the conflicts in the Middle East, this study analyzes and documents the historical, social, and spiritual realities of the dhimmi peoples -- the non-Arab and non-Muslim communities subjected to Muslim domination after the conquest of their territories by Arabs.
Pedric@aol.com said An excellent source book for those interested in Islam. The history of Jews and Christians living under Islam is not widely known. When thinking of it at all, one looks to the glories of Islamic Spain or to the Ottoman Empire. The general historical reality is different from these however. Bat Ye'or provides an excellent overview of this history in the first part of her book and a wide variety of source documents in the second.Here we learn of the religiously sanctioned forced conversions, daily humiliations, massacres, oppression, inequitable taxation, and the like, which eventually led to the near disappearance of the extensive Christian and Jewish communities wh. A Wonderful Book about a historical process that few Americans know. The history that very few know. This book is so well researched that no one can argue with the history of the book. Do you know that after the Muslims took over the ME and most of Europe, that Christianity was almost totally eradicated? This book records the process and gives great details of the event of the barbarians (Muslims) that came out of Saudi Arabia and destroyed an enlightened Judeo Christian civilization that surrounded the Mediterranean.This book will enlighten you as to how the Crusades were a weak response to hundreds of years of rape, murder, and destruction by Arab Muslims.. A must read for anyone interested in Islam's relation to the world David A. Teich Charles Darwin didn't have an academic degree in evolutionary biology, yet no scientist refutes his findings by saying he was an amateur.Dhimmi treatment is how Muslims should ritually denigrate conquered non-Muslims. The author shows that the denigration is specified in the Koran, Hadith and other key Muslim text. She also shows how that treatment has happened during the entire life-span of the religion, documented not just by non-Muslims but by proud followers of the faith.Bat Ye'or was the first person in modern times to take an open look at Islam's history of treatment of the conquered infidel, and she sho