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Jump To Comment: 1 2"The logic of Jizya on non Muslims in the conquered areas was that the non Muslims are to be exempted from military services, they are under the protection of the rule of Muslims, so this tax. It was a negotiable tax to be paid at the end of the year; it was levied only on the earning population in exchange for state protection."
the writer makes the Jizya & its collection seem a benign process. far from it, as can be found below.
punishment of those who had not paid the jizya consisted of pouring oil on their heads and exposing them to the sun. the collectors imposed the tax on children, as young as 12 years old. collectors demanded it for the dead. how just is that?!
sources: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/eju....html
and currently Muslims in Iraq are forcing Assyrians (Christians also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) to pay the jizya, in exchange for being allowed to live and practice their faith as well as being entitled to 'Muslim protection' from outside aggression. that sounds more like a protection mafia racket to me.
sources: http://www.aina.org/news/20070318132901.htm
should European countries create a tax on Muslims then? it costs a lot to police all the many radical jihad Islamic demonstrations, you know. of course, it's absurd to tax minority religions. so please, don't try & justify Jizya in the west. it just doesn't look too good....
More on Pakistan & Taliban, 2 stories, full text at links.
To Defeat The Taliban, Pakistani Feudalism Must die
By Gul Jammas Hussain
Feudalism and the Taliban are Pakistan’s evil twins. Pakistan has to finally eradicate feudalism to end extremism and enter the modern world
http://www.countercurrents.org/hussain120509.htm
Before The Taliban: Memories of Peshawar
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As the city is on edge, and friends are being seen as enemies, I want to share recollections of the times I spent in the capital of the frontier province on the trips I made to Pakistan since 2000
http://www.countercurrents.org/versey120509.htm