Reacció vs submissió

Daniel Pipes: Two Opposite Responses to Terrorism.
New York Sun, 14/09/2004.

Two terrorist dramas began in Iraq on the same day, Aug. 19, 2004, when jihadists separately seized 12 Nepalese workers and 2 French reporters.

Lipszyc sees France acting like a dhimmi (a Christian or Jew who accepts Muslim sovereignty and in return is tolerated and protected). “France has publicly confirmed that its dhimmi status, its readiness to submit to Islamist overlords. In return, these have declared that France, dhimmi that it is, deserves protection from terrorist acts.”

The abhorrent Nepalese violence reflected an instinct for self-preservation — hit me and I will hit you back. In contrast, the sophisticated French reaction was supine — hit me and I will beg you to stop. If history is a guide, the Nepalese thereby made a repetition of atrocities against themselves less likely. And the French made such a repetition more likely.

Més sobre la condició de dhimmi:
Bat Ye’or: Les Chrétientés d'Orient entre Jihad et Dhimmitude.

Peu de personnes savent ce qu’est la dhimmitude et cependant aujourd’hui la dhimmitude est plus actuelle que jamais. La dhimmitude fut l’univers juridique, politique, spirituel des Juifs et des Chrétiens indigènes dont les pays furent conquis par le jihâd et gouvernés par la loi islamique: la shari’a. L’univers de la dhimmitude a englobé des millions de personnes, il a couvert trois continents — Afrique, Asie, Europe — il a duré de treize siècles à quelques siècles selon les régions.