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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to Coptic Christians: Convert to Islam, or pay ‘jizya’ tax
The Washington Times ^ | 9/10/2013

Posted on 09/11/2013 3:40:20 AM PDT by markomalley

The Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters have began forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village in Egypt to pay a jizya tax as indicated in Koran 9:29, author and translator Raymond Ibrahim reported on Sunday.

Jizya is the money, or tribute, “that conquered non-Muslims historically had to pay to their Islamic overlords ‘with willing submission and while feeling themselves subdued’ to safeguard their existence,” Mr. Ibrahim explained.

According to Fr. Yunis Shawqi, who spoke yesterday to Dostor reporters in Dalga, all Copts in the village, “without exception,” are being forced to pay the tax.

“[The] value of the tribute and method of payment differ from one place to another in the village, so that, some are being expected to pay 200 Egyptian pounds per day, others 500 Egyptian pounds per day,” Mr. Shawqi said, according to the translator.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: copts; egypt; mb; obamasfault; religionofpeace
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1 posted on 09/11/2013 3:40:20 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Bunch of low information voters are in the comments section.


2 posted on 09/11/2013 3:44:42 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: markomalley

Hey Army... just go ahead and kill all mb... you will have to one day anyway.


3 posted on 09/11/2013 3:46:12 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt’s Generals:
‘How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?’
Foreign Policy | 15 Aug 2013 | John Hudson
Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055253/posts

Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt’s military — even as Cairo’s security forces massacre anti-government activists.

[by “anti-government activists” is meant church-burning jihadists]

Sen. Cruz Statement on Egypt (Suspend aid over anti-Muslim Brotherhood ‘coup’)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055492/posts

Ted Cruz blames Egyptian violence on Obama’s disregard for foreign aid law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055589/posts


4 posted on 09/11/2013 3:51:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: markomalley

And all we hear from the obama regime is...

...crickets.


5 posted on 09/11/2013 3:54:20 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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Islam is a war plan.


6 posted on 09/11/2013 3:55:16 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ScottinVA
And all we hear from the obama regime is...

...crickets.

The Obama Park Police did speak, though...they approved a permit for the Million Muslim March:

Million Muslim March Planned in DC on Anniversary of 9-11

A group called The American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC) is planning a one million Muslims march to Washington D.C. on September 11th. The timing of the group's march is seen by many as tasteless (to say the least) considering it is scheduled for the anniversary of the worst domestic massacre in American history perpetrated in the name of Islam. AMPAC ups the tasteless quotient by issuing "demands" for the American government: 

We at AMPAC (American Political Action Committee) are planning an historic event for 9.11.13 where one million Muslims will march to Washington D.C. and demand that our civil rights be protected by our government.

We are demanding that laws be enacted protecting our 1st amendment . We are asking President Obama to fulfill his promise from his first campaign for Presidency of a transparent government. Lastly we are asking for the release of the 9/11 commission report to the American people.

The group seems to rationalize the date chosen for their march by claiming that the media has been lying to the American people with regard to the role Islam played in the 9/11 attacks: 

On 9.11.01 our country was forever changed by the horrific events in New York. The entire country was victimized by the acts done on that day. Muslim and Non Muslim alike were traumatized but we as Muslims continue 12 years later to be victimized by being made the villains. To this day every media outlet and anti Islamic organization has committed slanderous and libel statements against us as Muslims and our religion of Islam.

7 posted on 09/11/2013 4:01:03 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: ScottinVA

And this class of “rebels” that O wanted to help in Syria?? sheeeesh


8 posted on 09/11/2013 4:04:10 AM PDT by coldphoenix
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To: Gene Eric
Islam is a war plan.

That's very well said, Gene Eric.

9 posted on 09/11/2013 4:06:22 AM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: markomalley

200 Egyptian pounds per day: 29.0053 USD
500 Egyptian pounds per day: 72.5133 USD


10 posted on 09/11/2013 4:18:47 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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No surprise, though I'd question the translated amount of the tax since even 200 (1 pound=approx. US$0.15) pounds is a multiple of the average Egyptian income of around 25,000 pounds, 30,000 in urban areas.

11 posted on 09/11/2013 4:42:03 AM PDT by SJackson ( The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. BF)
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To: markomalley

200 Egyptian pounds equals $29.
500 Egyptian pounds equals $73.


12 posted on 09/11/2013 5:00:45 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

This is per day.


13 posted on 09/11/2013 5:01:07 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: markomalley

It is such a tolerant religion. Peaceful too.


14 posted on 09/11/2013 5:06:30 AM PDT by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of "gun free zones"?)
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To: markomalley

Pay them quickly Coptic’s, with lead say at about 1440 feet per second or greater?


15 posted on 09/11/2013 5:09:27 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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16 posted on 09/11/2013 5:24:09 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: markomalley

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. That is one tax I would have no problem paying. It would be an act of faith on my part.


17 posted on 09/11/2013 5:48:44 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: Travis McGee

I guess the future doesn’t belong to me, since I tell the truth about the desert moon-god and his child-raping prophet, piss be upon him.


18 posted on 09/11/2013 6:04:19 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: markomalley

This is the modern day version of the Islamic tax on dhimmis. Imagine historically how that effected numerous Christian communities. The “protection” has always been a form of extortion along with the other ignominies heaped upon the dhimmis such a nice slap in the face when payment was made, no new churches, no bells, distinct clothing, a Muslim squatting and taking what you grew in your little plot of ground, testimony worth squat in Islamic courts, etc. etc.


19 posted on 09/11/2013 6:12:47 AM PDT by Lent
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To: markomalley

How can this be possible, given that the Muslim Brotherhood is no longer in power in Egypt? Is this a municipal government where the Brotherhood remains in power? This makes no sense.


20 posted on 09/11/2013 6:24:44 AM PDT by Praxeologue
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