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To: Ilaine who wrote (322)	12/3/2002 1:05:17 PM
From: epsteinbd	Respond to of 15987

Very informative. And scary.

To: Ilaine who wrote (322)	12/3/2002 1:40:42 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 15987

No Man's Land newyorker.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (322)	12/3/2002 4:27:28 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Geez CB... and the muslims gripe about Israeli domination of the Palestinian population?? In "The Laws of Islamic Governance", al- Mawardi (d. 1058), a renowned Baghdadian jurist, examined the regulations pertaining to the lands and infidel (i.e., non-Muslim) populations subjugated by jihad. This is the origin of the system of dhimmitude. The native infidel population had to recognize Islamic ownership on their land, submit to Islamic (i.e., shari’a) law, and accept payment of the poll tax (jizya). In return they were granted the effective protection of Islamic law, which gave them security, limited religious rights, Hawkmoon