jizyah
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɪziˌjɑː/
- Literature
- The Jews were then made dhimmis and compelled to give the jizyah tax (50%) to Mohammed.
Examples
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During the Muslim occupation of Jerusalem and what is called the Holy Land, Jews and Christians were allowed to live there as second-class citizens as long as they paid the non-Muslim poll tax or Jizyah.
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With that money, however, they were saved from their natural poverty, the poverty that, with Infidel Jizyah removed, is the natural state of Muslim countries.
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Without special taxes, the Islamic system requires a jizyah, which can be seen as a tax.
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Become a dhimmi and pay the jizyah.
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(The "poor-due" mentioned here is the jizyah.)
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The order is to fight the People of the Book until they pay the jizyah (protection tax) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.
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Allah himself has commended the imposition of jizyah for their (infidels') humiliation and degradation.
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In historical Islamic states, non-Muslims had to pay the jizyah to live within their territory.
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The jizyah was a tax imposed on non-Muslims for protection and exemption from military service.
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Many communities negotiated the terms of their jizyah based on their size and resources.
Synonyms
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A tax that non-Muslims paid under Muslim rule
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jizyah comes from Arabic jizya, which means 'payment' or 'compensation', from the root j-z-y meaning 'to repay'. That is why jizyah refers to a tax non-Muslims paid in some Islamic states.