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Scholar Bat Ye'or see the social rules, restrictions, and customs originating in and evolving from the dhimmah as producing a state of what she calls Dhimmitude in the subject peoples. This fearful state was characterized by obedience to the dhimmis' Muslim masters, acceptance of the assumptions underlying the dhimmah (about such things as the superiority of Islam), behaviour which sought to mollify and please the dhimmis' Muslim masters, and inter-dhimmi rivalry, bigotry and even bloodshed aimed at securing a more favored position vis-a-vis the Muslim ummah. In her book Understanding Dhimmitude she offers the following characteristics of Dhimmitude: | Scholar Bat Ye'or see the social rules, restrictions, and customs originating in and evolving from the dhimmah as producing a state of what she calls Dhimmitude in the subject peoples. This fearful state was characterized by obedience to the dhimmis' Muslim masters, acceptance of the assumptions underlying the dhimmah (about such things as the superiority of Islam), behaviour which sought to mollify and please the dhimmis' Muslim masters, and inter-dhimmi rivalry, bigotry and even bloodshed aimed at securing a more favored position vis-a-vis the Muslim ummah. In her book Understanding Dhimmitude she offers the following characteristics of Dhimmitude: | ||
{Quote|Ye'or, Bat Understanding Dhimmitude RVP Publishers, New York, New York, USA, 2013, 95| | {{Quote|Ye'or, Bat Understanding Dhimmitude RVP Publishers, New York, New York, USA, 2013, 95| | ||
The main characteristics of the dhimmi condition brought by this situation are: | The main characteristics of the dhimmi condition brought by this situation are: | ||
in the legal domain: a) the Islamic notion of protection; b) the notion of toleration; | in the legal domain: a) the Islamic notion of protection; b) the notion of toleration; | ||
in the economic domain: the notion of fay (booty); and | in the economic domain: the notion of fay (booty); and | ||
in the social domain: the notion of vilification.} | in the social domain: the notion of vilification.}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||