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Eurabia, a portmanteau of “Europe” and “Arabia,” is a political neologism referring to Europe becoming subsumed by the Arab World, because of European leaders’ perceived capitulation to Islamic influences and/or continued immigration and high birth rates of Muslims in Europe.
The term was publicized by the writer Bat Ye’or, especially in her 2005 book Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, referring to joint Euro-Arab domestic and foreign policies which she characterizes as anti-American and anti-Zionist.
The term is generally used in combination with “dhimmitude,” another neologism introduced by Ye’or, denoting an attitude of concession, surrender and appeasement towards Islam.