EURABIA: The Euro-Arab Axis Bat Ye’or
This book is about the transformation of Europe into “Eurabia,” a
cultural and political appendage of the Arab/Muslim world. Eurabia is
fundamentally anti-Christian, anti-Western, anti-American, and antisemitic.
The institution responsible for this transformation, and that continues to
propagate its ideological message, is the Euro-Arab Dialogue, developed by
European and Arab politicians and intellectuals over the past thirty years. “
This is a provocative and disturbing book.
With all the drama of a master writer, Bat Ye’or presents a wide range
of historical and contemporary documents and facts to tell the story of how
the European Union is being subverted by Islamic hostility to the very ethics
and values of Europe itself. Readers who seek a fair resolution of the
Arab-Israel conflict will be shocked by the evidence produced in these pages
of unfair pressures and deliberate distortions. Europe’s independence
of spirit is shown in the process of being undermined. This book challenges
the current demonization of Israel and should be essential reading (and
re-reading) for everyone interested in true peace in the Middle East. It is
also a warning to Europe not to allow the anti-American and anti-Israel
pressures of Islam to subvert Europe’s true values: vibrant democracy,
humanitarian free thinking, and social fair dealing.”
- Sir Martin Gilbert |
“The extraordinary researches of Bat Ye’or on the Euro-Arab Dialogue, and the growing "dhimmitude" (status of submission) ”
La Forza della Ragione - Oriana Fallaci
“Bat Ye’or has traced a nearly secret history of Europe over the past thirty years, convincingly showing how the Euro-Arab Dialogue has blossomed from a minor discussion group into the engine for the continent’s Islamization. In delineating this phenomenon, she also provides the intellectual resources with which to resist it. Will her message be listened to?”- Daniel Pipes
No writer has done more than Bat Ye’or to draw attention to the menacing character of Islamic extremism. Future historians will one day regard her coinage of the term ‘Eurabia’ as prophetic. Those who wish to live in a free society must be eternally vigilant. Bat Ye’or vigilance is unrivalled.”- Niall Ferguson
Such a Euroarabian identity is dangerous for the Jewish people. Here I agree with Bat Ye’or’s argument that Europe has been engaged in a self-capitulation to Islamist demands in the name of a misconceived multiculturalism.”- Robert Wistrich
“Bat Ye’or is one of the only analysts in the world with the courage and insight necessary to state clearly what is happening in Europe today. Her account of the betrayal by the European powers of their own identity and history will stand for future historians as a cautionary tale of cultural suicide.”- Robert Spencer
It is not surprising that [Bat] Ye’or’s study of jihad and dhimmitude has been stimulating substantial and disturbing discussion in academic and ecumenical circles… The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam was a ground-breaking work…Perhaps the single most significant contribution of the author is her definition and development of the concept of “dhimmitude” … What are the implications for ecumenical dialogue? [Bat] Ye’or’s books on dhimmitude and jihad have an essential place in the ecumenical world; ignoring them will only perpetuate illusion.- James E. Biechler, Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Philadelphia)
“Bat Ye’or clearly sees contemporary events in the light of the continuity of the Islamic institution of jihad, carried on against the dar al-harb (‘domain of war’), by all means possible, including diplomacy, terrorism, and war.”
-Seth Ward, History (Washington, D.C.)
[T]he scope of the research covered and the importance of the subject itself must make this a key text in continuing research in this field … In this respect, it serves to put the study of this topic on a new footing, and will be impossible to ignore.”
-David Thomas, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (UK)
“It seems likely that in the new century of clashing civilizations there will either be heightened conflict or a breakthrough to something like the beginnings of a dialogue … A good place to start is to understand the history that brought us where we are, and to that end I warmly recommend a careful and critical reading of Bat Ye’or’s The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude … “
-Richard John Neuhaus, First Things (New York)
“Dhimmitude is nothing but negationist accommodation rooted in fear. Indian scholars should follow Bat Ye’or’s example and launch a study of dhimmitude using the vast body of literature left behind by Muslim conquerors. The danger of failing to confront the truth are manifold. As Gibbon wrote of the Greeks – by valuing security more than freedom, they ended up losing both, freedom and security.
- N.S. Rajaram, Organiser (New Delhi)
“Bat Ye’or’s scholarship is highly impressive, and her analysis is as persuasive as it is terrifying. (…) it is imperative that those issues are openly discussed. There are, however, alarming signs of attempts in the West to shut down such discussions on spurious grounds of prejudice. This is, of course, itself a prime example of the condition of “dhimmitude” which Bat Ye’or so graphically describes.”Melanie Phillips, Jewish Chronicle (London)
This superb collection of valuable source material crystallizes the historical relationship between the conquering Muslims and the dhimmi (conquered minorities) living in Islamic society.”
- Steven B. Bowman, Choice (Academic Division, USA)
“Bat Ye’or clearly sees contemporary events in the light of the continuity of the Islamic institution of jihad, carried on against the dar al-harb, “domain of war,” by all means possible, including diplomacy, terrorism and war.”
- Seth Ward, History (Washington, D.C.)
[T]he scope of the research covered and the importance of the subject itself must make this a key text in continuing research in this field… In this respect, it serves to put the study of this topic on a new footing, and will be impossible to ignore.”
- David Thomas, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (UK)
It seems likely that in the new century of clashing civilizations there will either be heightened conflict or a breakthrough to something like the beginnings of a dialogue…A good place to start is to understand the history that brought us where we are, and to that end I warmly recommend a careful and critical reading of Bat Ye’or’s The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam, From Jihad to Dhimmitude…”
- Richard John Neuhaus, First Things (New York)
It is not surprising that [Bat] Ye’or’s study of jihad and dhimmitude has been stimulating substantial and disturbing discussion in academic and ecumenical circles… The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam was a ground-breaking work…Perhaps the single most significant contribution of the author is her definition and development of the concept of “dhimmitude”…What are the implications for ecumenical dialogue? [Bat] Ye’or’s books on dhimmitude and jihad have an essential place in the ecumenical world; ignoring them will only perpetuate illusion.”- James E. Biechler, Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Philadelphia)
“Bat Ye’or, specialist on minorities in Islamic countries, revisits in time and space this dhimmitude. It is not the emerged part of an iceberg that she has uncovered, it is a continent engulfed in the history of Islam, an obscure and terrible Atlantis … With the Islamist pressure, are we returning to dhimmitude?”
- Jean-Pierre Perrin, Libération (Paris)