tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post111563639558531447..comments2024-03-29T11:39:42.348+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: What were Arab-Jewish relations really like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1126267486394673192005-09-09T13:04:00.000+01:002005-09-09T13:04:00.000+01:00This is the problem with all three monotheistic re...This is the problem with all three monotheistic religions. The Jews started by claining that they are the 'Chosen'.But when they invoked God's wrath, it was only on the 'Goyim who do not know You'. So in effect this excludes Moslems and Christians.<BR/>Then came Christianity which borrowed heavily from the Pagan World, then insists that there is no salvation except through Jesus.<BR/>This, in effect, consigns the others to the netherworld.<BR/>Islam started in a much more liberal mode, but changed when conflict errupted with the Jewish tribes of Medina. As the Moslem domains expanded, it was at the expense of Christian lands. This caused a rift with the two 'People of the Book'. Their successful military adventures put Islam at the head of the hierarchy. a position it still claims.<BR/>Can we hope for a more open dialogue between the three religions. I doubt it. My be we should wait till the Messiah comes and see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1121423448658895852005-07-15T11:30:00.000+01:002005-07-15T11:30:00.000+01:00Thank you for your comment. You are right that 'dh...Thank you for your comment. You are right that 'dhimmitude', as coined by Bat Ye'or has a specific meaning, and has come to describe the subservient mentality of non-Muslims even if they are no longer technically-speaking 'dhimmis.' The problem is that no word exists other than 'dhimmitude' to describe the 'dhimmi condition'. Perhaps we could coin the term 'dhimmihood.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1120881082629449402005-07-09T04:51:00.000+01:002005-07-09T04:51:00.000+01:00Dhimmitude: the Islamic system of governing popula...Dhimmitude: the Islamic system of governing populations conquered by jihad wars, encompassing all of the demographic, ethnic, and religious aspects of the political system. The word "dhimmitude" as a historical concept, was coined by Bat Ye'or in 1983 to describe the legal and social conditions of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule. The word "dhimmitude" comes from dhimmi, an Arabic word meaning "protected". Dhimmi was the name applied by the Arab-Muslim conquerors to indigenous non-Muslim populations who surrendered by a treaty (dhimma) to Muslim domination. Islamic conquests expanded over vast territories in Africa, Europe and Asia, for over a millennium (638-1683). The Muslim empire incorporated numerous varied peoples which had their own religion, culture, language and civilization. For centuries, these indigenous, pre-Islamic peoples constituted the great majority of the population of the Islamic lands. Although these populations differed, they were ruled by the same type of laws, based on the shari'a.<BR/><BR/>This similarity, which includes also regional variations, has created a uniform civilization developed throughout the centuries by all non-Muslim indigenous people, who were vanquished by a jihad-war and governed by shari'a law. It is this civilization which is called dhimmitude. It is characterized by the different strategies developed by each dhimmi group to survive as non-Muslim entity in their Islamized countries. Dhimmitude is not exclusively concerned with Muslim history and civilization. Rather it investigates the history of those non-Muslim peoples conquered and colonized by jihad.<BR/><BR/>Dhimmitude encompasses the relationship of Muslims and non-Muslims at the theological, social, political and economical levels. It also incorporates the relationship between the numerous ethno-religious dhimmi groups and the type of mentality that they have developed out of their particular historical condition which lasted for centuries, even in some Muslim countries, till today.<BR/><BR/>Dhimmitude is an entire integrated system, based on Islamic theology. It cannot be judged from the circumstantial position of any one community, at a given time and in a given place. Dhimmitude must be appraised according to its laws and customs, irrespectively of circumstances and political contingencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com