Dhimmitude Dominates
by Jerry Gordon (February 2010)
The Third Choice- Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom
by Mark Durie
Deror Books, 2010, 288 pgs.
While browsing through a Barnes and Noble in Westport, Connecticut in 1988, I chanced upon a book on the bottom shelf of the Judaica section with the curious title, The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam, by Bat Ye’or. Bat Ye’or is a nom de plume meaning in Hebrew “daughter of the Nile.” I perused the paperback volume shocked by the revelations that the Muslim realm was not the tolerant Islam that Medievalist scholars had conveyed. I bought the book and it remains a vital part of my personal library along with several of her others works, including Eurabia: The Euro Arab Axis. Subsequently, I have been privileged to both meet and befriend the author. more>>>
Posted on 01/31/2010 3:02 PM by NER