Arabic word of the day: Jizya

Let's talk about the traditional #Islamic practice of taxing non-believers in Muslim dominated lands: Jizya

"Historically, the jizya tax has been understood in Islam as a fee for protection provided by the Muslim ruler to non-Muslims [dhimma], for the exemption from military service for non-Muslims, for the permission to practice a non-Muslim faith with some communal autonomy in a Muslim state, and as material proof of the non-Muslims' submission to the Muslim state and its laws. Jizya has also been understood by some as a ritual humiliation of the non-Muslims in a Muslim state for not converting to Islam"

-Excerpt from Wikipedia.com