Dhimmitude
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According to the Dhimmi Watch website, this means:
Dhimmitude is the status that Islamic law, the Sharia, mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. Dhimmis, “protected people,” are free to practice their religion in a Sharia regime, but are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed to enforce the Qur'an's command that they “feel themselves subdued” (Sura 9:29). This denial of equality of rights and dignity remains part of the Sharia, and, as such, are part of the law that global jihadists are laboring to impose everywhere, ultimately on the entire human race.
The dhimmi attitude of chastened subservience has entered into Western academic study of Islam, and from there into journalism, textbooks, and the popular discourse. One must not point out the depredations of jihad and dhimmitude; to do so would offend the multiculturalist ethos that prevails everywhere today.
For me, this describes well the modern attitude in the west, especially since 9/11, that one should avoid offending people's religious sensibilities at any cost, especially those of muslims. There seems to be a feeling that religion is above criticism, no matter how daft its precepts.
Since sex is so intimately mixed up in religious ideas for many people, this is an important thing for sex-positive types to keep an eye on.
(According to Wikipedia, the word ‘dhimmi’ can also be spelt ‘zimmi’.)
Tate worries over offending Muslims
September 27th 2005, 09:34
The Tate gallery in London has refused to show a piece of art because it was made by cutting up a copy of the Koran, and therefore might be offensive to some muslims.
Car park sign banned
September 20th 2005, 16:08
A pub landlord has been made to take down a sign alluding to pigs, because some muslims complained that it was offensive.
