OVERVIEW of DHIMMITUDE

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OVERVIEW of DHIMMITUDE

• by
• Lyle B., Ph.D.
• September 23, 2008

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE (a)?

• Dhimmi -- subjugated "protected people."
• A formal agreement -- Muslims dhimmis.
• People of the Book only others convert or die.
• Dhimmi status denial of equality.Robert
  Spencer (all)

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE (b)?

• A humiliating form of semi-slavery.
• A heavy poll tax (Jizya) required.
• Always defer to a Muslim in public.
• Limited practice of religion allowed.
• Robert Spencer (all)

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE (c)?

• Clothing must be different than Muslims.
• No ringing of bells.
• No public display of wine or pork.
• No public display of crosses. Robert Spencer
  (all)

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE (d)?

• No reciting Torah/Bible verses out loud.
• No public display of funerals.
• No public display of feast days.
• Building height lt Muslim buildings.Robert
  Spencer (all)

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE (e)?

• Cannot build new churches or synagogues.
• Cannot repair religious buildings.
• Must never lead a Muslim away from Islam.
• Must never demean Allah, Islam, or
  Muslims.Robert Spencer (all)

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE? (f)

• Cant complain -- may lead to violence.
• Dhimmis -- cowed into silence no rights.
• Those who submitted did have peace.
• Dhimmi legal codes justify slavery.

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE? (g)

• Many Jews in Mohammeds time gave up and became
  dhimmi. CSPI, p. 83
• Those dhimmi Jews taxed at 50 rate.CSPI, p.
  83
• Many Jews been dhimmi under Islam.CSPI, p. 86

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WHAT IS DHIMMITUDE? (h)

• Modern-Day Israel The first time Middle
  Eastern Jews been free of dhimmitude.
• But not free of Islam rockets suicide
  bombers
• CSPI, p. 86

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MODERN DHIMMITUDE IN USA (a)

• MC Multiculturalism
• PC Political Correctness
• Leads to limitations of free speech.
• Prohibits kafirs from telling truth.
• Helps promote creeping Sharia.

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MODERN DHIMMITUDE IN USA (b)

• Prior to 9/11 MC PC whitewash okay.
• After 9/11, we must be more careful.
• Overlooking political Islam is type of dhimmi.
• Creeping Sharia a social problem, not military.

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MODERN DHIMMITUDE IN USA (c)

• Truth designated as hate speech
• Hides the evils of jihad current past.
• Hides evils of dhimmitude.
• Such silence distortion may be deadly.

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MODERN DHIMMITUDE IN USA (d)

• Gloss-over plays into hands of jihadists.
• Many in Western world are blinded by MC PC.
• This only serves the jihadist goals.

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SELECTED QUOTESRE DHIMMITUDE (a)

• It is, however, strictly forbidden for a
  dhimmi to try to convert a Muslim to his
  religion, and if by any mischance he succeeds,
  the penalty for apostasy is death... Bernard
  Lewis, p. 53

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SELECTED QUOTESRE DHIMMITUDE (b)

• The policies of dhimmitude are clearly seen in
  Europe in the decades-long taboo of condemning
  the persecution of Christians and the violation
  of human rights in Muslim countries... Bat
  Yeor, p. 331

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SELECTED QUOTESRE DHIMMITUDE (c.1)

• This abstentionist policy by Europe, while
  claiming to defind human rights, obeys a
  fundamental law of dhimmitude dhimmi minorities
  are forbidden on pain of death to appeal for help
  to outsiders, or to propagate ideas considered
  hostile to Islam. (continued)

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SELECTED QUOTESRE DHIMMITUDE (c.2)

• Dhimmis who request help from Christian
  counties are deprived of all the rights and
  privileges they had obtained through the dhimma
  tribute agreement and of the right of immunity
  of life and property. Bat Yeor, p. 331

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• (RS) Robert Spencer, Dhimmitude,
  http//www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
• (BY) Bat Yeor. Islam and Dhimmitude, Where
  Civilizations Collide. Fairleigh dickinson
  University Press, 2002.
• (CSPI) Center for the Study of Political Islam,
  Mohammed, Allah, and Politics, The Islamic
  Trilogy, Volume 10. WWW.CSPIPUBLISHING.COM,
  2007.
• (BL) Bernard Lewis. Islam and the West. Oxford
  University Press, 1993.