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Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, An interview with Bat Ye'or
This is long - cue p.49 -,sorry for the inconvenience, but I'd like to post something about Eurabia, in which I'm increasingly believing, and this is an excellent primer. I really need to buy that book!By John W. Whitehead 06/09/05 âI wrote these books,â said Bat Yeâor, âbecause I had witnessed the destruction, in a few short years, of a vibrant Jewish community living in Egypt for over 2,600 years and which had existed from the time of Jeremiah the Prophet. I saw the disintegration and flight of families, dispossessed and humiliated, the destruction of their synagogues, the bombing of the Jewish quarters and the terrorizing of a peaceful population. I have personally experienced the hardships of exile, the misery of statelessness?and I wanted to get to the root cause of all this. I wanted to understand why the Jews from Arab countries, nearly a million, had shared my experience.â Bat Yeâorâs wide historical research details the inferior condition accorded to Jews and Christian âdhimmisâ (non-Muslim subjugated people) in Muslim lands, where they have survived through hardships and persecution ever since the rise of Islam in the 7th century. She pioneered the study of âdhimmitudeâ and the history and conditions of life of non-Muslims in their own lands, conquered by jihad and Islamized. According to Yeâor, âThe conditions of Jews varied, but in general it was one of insecurity, humiliation and degradation for over 1,300 years, particularly in their own country, the Land of Israel.â Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-10-05 |
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