Westerners have no idea of dhimmitude means. Bat Yeor's
Islam and Dhimmitude is the reference work on the subject. To put it simply, in the Islamic worldview, infidels exist purely as slaves; otherwise they don't exist at all. That is what they think of us. Liberals who imagine Muslim extremists want the same things they do are fools.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".) 