@SWORD of GOD,
SWORD of GOD;31545 wrote:[SIZE="2"]Why Jizyah? And how much are the taxes for both Muslims and non-Muslims? [/SIZE]
The Muslims have to pay taxes (which is 2.5 percent of their annual income) under the name of "Zakah" to the "Muslim Financial Institute" or the "House of the Muslim Money" which all goes to provide welfare to the poor and the needy citizens; from both Muslims and non-Muslims. The poor and the needy (such as the Orphans, Widows and the disabled) from the Muslims are exempt from paying taxes.
The non-Muslims have to pay a varrying amount under the name of "Jizyah", depending on their situation, which is taxes that don't go to help poor and needy Muslims, but instead, it goes to the government to (1) Provide protection for them since they are a minority; (2) Provide means for them to practice their religions freely by building Temples or Churches for them. The Jizyah that's applied on non-Muslims is much less that the taxes (Zakah) that Muslims must pay.
As I mentioned above for the non-Muslims, there are exemptions for the poor, for females and children (according to Abu Hanifah), for slaves, and for monks and hermits.
Non-Muslims are exempted from fighting or being soldiers to defend the Muslim lands.
It is important to know that the law in the Islamic State applies to everyone; both Muslims and non-Muslims equally.
I am sorry but this is not true...
Here is what this tax is truly for proof of submission to Islam law. dhimmi's are 2nd class citizens and are considered beneath muslims anyone who is not muslim is a dhimmi.
From the Koran itself!!
Qur'an
The imposition of jizya upon non-Muslims is mandated by the Qur'an Qur'an 9:29:
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold forbidden that which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with
willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.[16]
Yusuf Ali states "The derived meaning, which became the technical meaning, was a poll-tax levied from those who did not accept Islam, but were willing to live under the protection of Islam, and were thus tacitly willing to submit to the laws enforced by the Muslim State."[10]
Monqiz As-Saqqar attributes the word jizya to the root word jaza meaning "compensate" and defines it as "a sum of money given in return for protection".[11]
Shaikh Sayed Sabiq, in the Fiqh Alsunna (a commonly used source of fiqh), also states that the underlying root of the word jizya is jaza, and defines it as "A sum of money to be put on anyone who enters the themah (protection and the treaty of the Muslims) from the people of the book".[12]
Ibn Al-Mutaraz derives the word from 'idjz?, meaning "substitute" or "sufficiency" because "it suffices as a substitute for the dhimmi's embracement of Islam."[11]
Al-Marghinani, in his classical 12th century legal commentary The Hedaya (or al Hidayah), states that jizya means "retribution", and defines it as "a species of punishment, inflicted upon infidels on account of their infidelity, whence it is termed Jizyat"[citation needed]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi says the word jizya is derived from the jazaa', meaning "reward", "return", or "compensation", and defines it as "a payment by the non-Muslim according to an agreement signed with the Muslim state".[13]
Edward William Lane, in An Arabic-English Lexicon defines jizya as a "tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them protection, as though it were compensation for not being slain".[14]
Ibn Rushd explains that jizya is in fact a broader concept than just a head-tax. It also includes monies exacted in times of war from infidel enemies ? what is normally understood in English by the word ?tribute? ? as well as levies (?ushr) on infidel merchants who are trading in the Dar al-Harb.[15]
Dhamis are suppose to be people of the book like Jews and Christians but has been extented to other faiths..
Dhimmi had more rights than other non-Muslim religious subjects, but fewer legal and social rights than Muslims.[4] This status applied to millions of people living from the Atlantic Ocean to India from the 7th century until modern times.[5]
The word dhimmi (plural dimam) literally means "protection, care, custody, covenant of protection, compact; responsibility, answerableness; financial obligation, liability, debt; inviolability, security of life and property; safeguard, guarantee, security; conscience" and ahl-dhimmi is "the free non-Muslim subjects living in Muslim countries who, in return for paying the capital tax, enjoyed protection and safety."[8]
Dhimmis were allowed to "practice their religion, subject to certain conditions, and to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy" and guaranteed their personal safety and security of property, in return for paying tribute and acknowledging Muslim supremacy.[9]
Taxation from the perspective of dhimmis who came under the Muslim rule, was "a concrete continuation of the taxes paid to earlier regimes"[10] (but now lower under the Muslim rule[11][12][13]) and from the point of view of the Muslim conqueror was a material proof of the dhimmi's subjection.[10]
Various restrictions were placed on Dhimmis, such as prohibitions against giving testimony in courts in cases involving Muslims.[14] Technically, this made dhimmis vulnerable to the whims of rulers and the violence of mobs[15].[16] However, persecution in the form of violent and active repression was rare and atypical.[17]. Another such restriction prohibited dhimmis from bearing arms. [18] Most of these restrictions had a social and symbolic rather than a tangible and practical character.[19]
While recognizing that the status of dhimmis under Islamic rule was inferior to that of their Muslim peers, Bernard Lewis states that their position "was very much easier than that of non-Christians or even of heretical Christians in medieval Europe."[20] For example, dhimmis rarely faced martyrdom or exile, or forced compulsion to change their religion, and with certain exceptions they were free in their choice of residence and profession.[21] And in general, the Muslim attitude toward dhimmis was one of contempt instead of hate, fear, or envy, and was rarely expressed in ethnic or racial terms.[22]
Dhimmi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now please tell me that Dhammi are not treated like second hand citizens and how they have the same rights as muslims and all that white washing you are trying to had out
