Dhimmi
The Dhimmi is the Arabic term that refers to its non-Islamic embracing population that has the ignominious dishonor of living in Islamic conquered lands. In a similar manner to the Jewish reference to a non-Jew as being a goy, so too the term dhimmi refers to non-Muslims. However unlike the Jewish term, goy, and much more important, the dhimmi is a distinctly subjugated second class non-citizen almost slave who is subjected to dictatorial deprivation of any legal and human rights since he is a non-Muslim permanent resident in a Muslim state.
Dhimmi is also the name of a book written by Bat Ye'or, a pseudonym, of a woman who grew up in Egypt as a British citizen and observed first hand the Islamic treatment of non-Muslims. Based on serious research, Dhimmi was first published in French in 1971, translated into English in 1985, later into Hebrew and Russian, Dhimmi is a must reading for anyone seriously desiring an understanding of Middle-East politics and the rationale of the Arab mentality.
The first part of the book describes the state of affairs of the dhimmi, the basis and development for dhimmitude in Islam, and the relationship of the jihad, the war to conquer territory for Islam to the status of dhimmi.
Throughout earliest Islamic history, the conquered peoples by advancing Muslim armies were given the choice of either converting, being killed, or living as a conquered people, a dhimmi. These subjugated people were suspended in time and space, for dhimmitude meant being barely tolerated in your dispossessed land.
Both Jews and Christians alike suffered the ignominious life of having their fate decided upon the whim of despotic rulers. Although a legal definition of the dhimmi exists, that they must pay various taxes and tolls, that they must live a second class life and give deference to their Muslim neighbors, much of their tragic existence depended on the whims of despotic rulers and frenzied Arab mobs who denied them even the little that was given to them through Islamic law.

http://www.jewishmag.com/57mag/dhimmi/dhimmi.htm

well we christains just dont understand what it really is and the translation is wrong and purposely misleading....


heheh just want some would say around here...

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Originally posted by outlaws93:
well we christains just dont understand what it really is and the translation is wrong and purposely misleading....


heheh just want some would say around here...

Since there are many Muslim Nations, and no one is paying a Dhimmi tax, what is this all about?

Nothing like bringing up the eight century to deal with the 21st.

Dave

Moving to religious forum shortly. Unless the Middle East forum is more appropriate? Perhaps the history forum?

Since this is whitetiger's Muslim critique of the day, I will remind him that Muslims are in the US Armed Forces and also fighting on the same side in the Iraqi and Afghan armed forces and police.

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Muslims are in the US Armed Forces and also fighting on the same side in the Iraqi and Afghan armed forces and police.

yea they are looked down pond by the islamofascist..(which is a good thing). but it would help if these muslims you listed would stop thinking we are talking about them when we are talking about the islamofascist..... seems most do except for a few here...

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Muslims are in the US Armed Forces and also fighting on the same side in the Iraqi and Afghan armed forces and police.

yea they are looked down pond by the islamofascist..(which is a good thing). but it would help if these muslims you listed would stop thinking we are talking about them when we are talking about the islamofascist..... seems most do except for a few here...