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Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Bat Ye'or, Miriam Kochan, David Littman, Miriam Kochan (Translator), David Littman
ISBN-13: 9780838639436, ISBN-10: 0838639437
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Bat Ye'or

Book Synopsis

In this study of the legal and social condition of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule (the dhimmis), Bat Ye'or examines various religious and historical sources, using the new term "dhimmitude" to describe their common history and legal status. Some of these laws derive from the speical status institutionalized by the Church Fathers for Jews; once Islamized, these laws were incorporated into Muslim jurisprudence applicable for Christians and Jews alike. Dhimmitude is thus discussed from the perspective of Muslim theory, and also in regard to divergent Christian attitudes to Jews and Zionism.

	List of Abbreviations	13
	Author's Note	17
	Acknowledgments	19
	Introduction	21
1	The Orient on the Eve of Islam	33
2	Political and Economic Aspects of Dhimmitude	50
3	Religious and Social Aspects of Dhimmitude	81
4	Modernity: A Time of Hope and a Time of Ashes	123
5	The Mandate Period (1921-1956)	146
6	From the Jewish Exodus to the Christian Exodus	173
7	Jihad and Dhimma: Modern Formulations	195
8	The Return of Dhimmitude	223
9	Expansion of Inter-Dhimmi Conflicts in the Modern Period	266
10	The Politics of Dhimmitude in Europe	305
11	Conclusion	341
App. 1	Arab Feuds in Nineteenth-Century Palestine	401
App. 2	Destruction of the Jewish Quarter of Shiraz (Iran), in 1910	403
App. 3	S.O.S. Lebanon (1945): A Homeland for the Christians of the Near East (extracts)	406
App. 4	Saudi Arabia: Fatwa for non-Muslims (5 February 1993)	411
App. 5	Security Instructions for Jews in Geneva (September-October 2000)	413
App. 6	Indonesia 2000: East Timor and the Moluccas	414
App. A	Muslim Historians and Theologians	418
App. B	Non-Muslim Historians and Authors	421
	Notes	423
	Glossary	470
	Bibliography	472
	General Index	508