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THE DHIMMI - JEWS AND CHRISTIANS UNDER ISLAM
Middle East
Church & Israel Forum
Jim Gerrish
Posted on 07/25/2003 8:57:35 AM EDT by dennisw

Generally, polytheists were given the choice of conversion or death.

In each conquered land, the Jews and Christians were allowed to remain and cultivate the land in exchange for the payment of a tax to the local Muslim ruler. This tax was called the Kharaj.

The most degrading jobs, such as cleaning the public latrines, fell to the dhimmi. Yemenite Jews, until they immigrated to Israel in 1950, were still required to clean the public latrines and remove dead animals from the city streets.

In Saudi Arabia, the government bulldozed the last Christian church in the kingdom in 1987. It was a unique 12th century structure found near the Yemen border.

"The Dhimmi," by Bat Ye'or, Associated University Presses, Cranbury, N.J., English edition 1985.

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Follow Up On Murdered Pastor (from 1/05)(threats from Muslim extremist to close his Church)
Pakistan January 2004

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Christian missionary work among Muslims of the South
Thailand February 2004
Excerpt: In a country ruled according a Buddhist philosophy of tolerance, the deaths provoked by Islamic fundamentalism seem to be undermining the country's very national government.