Jizya, Jihad, and the Murder of Archbishop Rahho

American Thinker ^ | June 28, 2008 | Andrew G. Bostom

[Man50D]

The New York Times (June 26, 2008) has published a somber account of the recent murder of Iraqi Archbishop Rahho, and how the Iraqi Christian population has been subjected to the full recrudescence of dhimmitude, punctuated by the re-application of the jizya-the Koranic (Koran 9:29) poll tax on non-Muslims, whose etymology, as per the seminal Arabic lexicographer, E.W. Lane, belies its origins: "the tax paid in lieu of being slain."

Here is a classical formulation of the jizya -- the cornerstone of the repressive system of jihad-imposed dhimmitude -- from, coincidentally, a seminal Baghdadian jurist, al-Mawardi (d. 1058). In his monumental The Laws of Islamic Governance, al-Mawardi examined the regulations pertaining to the lands and infidel populations subjugated by jihad. This is the origin of the system of dhimmitude. The native infidel "dhimmi" (which derives from both the word for "pact", and also "guilt" -- guilty of religious errors) population had to recognize Islamic ownership of their land, submit to Islamic law, and accept payment of the Koranic poll tax (jizya)-the tax paid in lieu of being slain-based on Koran 9:29. Al- Mawardi notes that:

"The enemy makes a payment in return for peace and reconciliation... Reconciliation and security last as long as the pavment is made. If the payment ceases, then the jihad resumes."

The "contract of the jizya", or "dhimma" encompassed other obligatory and recommended obligations for the conquered non-Muslim "dhimmi" peoples. Collectively, these "obligations" formed the discriminatory system of dhimmitude imposed upon non-Muslims -- Jews, Christians, [as well as Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists]-subjugated by jihad.

[Man50D]

Islam is not a religion but more accurately is a violent political ideology tantamount to Nazism and needs to be addressed in the same manner as Nazism was during WWII. The following article reinforces the goal of Islam.

Islamic Scholar Warns U.S. of 'Two-Faced' Muslims

[Diogenesis]

Unfortunately, enforced dhimmitude is sought by the US government
DESPITE the 911 Atrocities.

[Biggirl]

...Or in other words, a false teaching that cloaks itself as a religion.

[livius]

It’s a combination of violent political ideology and Mafia family that should be subject to the RICO act. Mohammed was a bandit, and his followers are the same.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Where is our esteemed leader on this matter?

He who wants to bring freedom and democracy for Iraq.

Oh, how foolish of me, the "freedom and democracy" does not apply to Christians or people of faiths other than Mooslimbs.

Likewise, Condi-Clueless and the entire State Dept. (no surprise here) has also been as quiet as a church mouse and much to my chagrin, our Military as well.

Of course one must consider that all of the above are more interested in maintaining the facade that Islam is basically a "religion of peace" and mustn't say or do anything to upset the sensibilities of the Moozies--even at the expense of allowing genocide to be committed openly and without fear of reprisals by anyone, anywhere in the world.

As an aside, where or where is the hypocritical Human Rights Watch watch and why is the Vatican not speaking out forcefully?

[Happy Rain]

Reagan defeated the military ambitions of Soviet fascism.Unfortunately,Stalinism was by then firmly rooted in the American Liberal Democrat and the international left.So the fall of the USSR was an important yet nonfatal setback for the evil of socialism.
Bush defeated the military ambitions of Islamist fascism.Unfortunately,Islamofascism,a nonsecular clone of Stalinism in that it also hates both freedom AND America,is now firmly rooted in the politically correct protected classes of the American Liberal Democrat and the international left.The fall of Taliban Afghanistan and Saddam Iraq are an important yet nonfatal setback for the evil of socialism.

Slogans like Remember Pearl Harbor,Remember The Alamo and Remember The Maine,though benificial to either or both American security and advancement,had their functions.
On the other hand,Remember 9/11,thanks to the left and their stranglehold on the ignorant American,has become as useless and anachronistic as Remember Where I Tied My Horse.

[ricks_place]

Pelosi undermining President Bush in Syria.