reply to Dianamoon12

Submitted by tariq (United Arab Emirates), Dec 7, 2005 at 07:12

u made a mistake which every nonmuslim does. u think is Islam is wot ppl who claim to be muslims do.
I m sorry but what u said about Dhimmism was totally wrong. it was not based on facts.

Dhimmis are non muslims living in a muslim majority country. The reason y they are called Dhimmis is tht they have special rights such as drinking alcohol, gambling, eating pork etc(all haram in Islam). they can also build their own places of worship eg churches and temples and they can also set up their own courts.

I admit that most muslim contries dont follow these Islamic rules, because like u they dont know anything about Islam and they just assume wots Islamic and wots not.

Sure the Dhimmis have to pay Jizya(tax). and u may like to believe that its evil to tax dhimmis. but ur wrong again. In order to ensure that the dhimmis get their rights, a country has to spend money. they recover this money by taxing Dhimmis. and the amount is also very small plus non working dhimmis eg. old or retired ppl, disabled, children and non working women are exempt from this tax.

now that u know the facts, do u think that there is anything 'evil' about jizya?

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".