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Islamic State’s Reality Check on Dhimmitude

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Islamic State’s Reality Check on Dhimmitude

Michael Rubin, commentarymagazine.com, July 21, 2014

“Dhimmi are non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic state who are allowed to remain in exchange for paying the jizyah, a tax imposed on non-Muslims. As the Prophet Muhammad conquered a new empire, large numbers of Christians, Jews, and others found themselves living under the Islamic Empire’s rule, subject to the jizyah and the limitations of dhimmi status.”

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