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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (4895)	2/22/2007 12:11:53 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

There are a couple of ways to look at that, as always. One is with horror and the other is not so bad. The issue is presented both ways depending on where you go for your info. I've no doubt you looked for the worst possible, as always. The worst possible is to look at a dhimmi like the Roman Empire looked at their system with a dhimmi being equivalent to a Plebian in Ancient Rome. A more positive view is to look at Islam as a political state (I know you object to such an ideology from the start). The state is ruled according to Sharia and with the Muslim involvement from the Citizenry. A non-Muslim in such a circumstance has no more business regulating affairs than an illiterate gentile would have telling Rabbi's what to preach in Israel. But in an Islamic state there is the concept of tolerance. So people can live freely and work and are required to contribute to the expenses of running the government, not unlike being taxed without representation. They are forbidden to have the Quran if they reject Islam because they would obviously only have intentions to interpret the religion in objectionable ways to cause as much trouble as possible (Like you do). They are not forbidden to have the Quran if they express good intentions with respect to the Quran, in which case they would also be thinking of converting. I would vote against such a system btw.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (4895)	2/22/2007 5:46:10 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

In states ruled by Islamic law, jizya or jizyah is a per capita tax imposed on free non-Muslim adult males who are neither old nor sick nor monks [1], known as dhimmis, in exchange for being allowed to live, practice their faith, subject to certain conditions, and to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy as well as being "entitled to Muslim protection from outside aggression and being exempted from military service". en.wikipedia.org I learn something new every day.....what we can look forward to these if the islamic terrorist groups have their way.