…What may we be Bat Ye’or’s greatest contribution as a writer is not her history of dhimmi life in the historic past, but how Muslims today are turning Europeans into dhimmi, and I say, no less Americans, for that is what I think is behind this politically correct hysteria in response to Trump wanting to keep Muslims out of the U.S.

Dhimmitude, Bat Ye’or’s invention, is her made-up word for the victims of Muslim tyranny. Muslim regimes throughout history are the ultimate in apartheid if by that mean the division in society between the ruling in-group and the oppression and humiliation of the out-groups. It is ironic to say the least that Muslims accuse us Jews of apartheid when in historic truth; they were the ones whose jurisprudence regarding minorities was apartheid in spades.

Dhimmitude is the state of mind of minorities under Islam who learn their place in society and learn to pay obeisance to Muslims and to act meekly in their presence. Dhimmitude is knowing you have no rights, only what Muslims choose to allow you to have. Dhimmitude is also enforced by the knowledge that infractions of Islam can lead to Muslims mercilessly punishing the violator.

Dhimmitude is internalizing the fear of Muslims who know no restraints. A Jew in North Africa two centuries ago who said something against Islam could have his tongue cut out…