paying a tax that everyone pays and paying a tax because your a non-muslim living in a muslim land is kinda different
1st know what is Jizyah:
"Jizyah: the root meaning is compensation.......there were exemptions for the poor, for females and children (according to Abu Hanifah), for slaves, and for monks and hermits.
The tax is only required from able-bodied, free, adult males of sound mind. They pay no other tax on their income, at the point of sale, investments, etc.
Muslims didnt pay tax? Zakat was obligatory for us...We didnt cry about it
Having to pay less than a Muslim and still cry? Sound very much like a very ungrateful human
Until and unless you live in prehistoric times where feudal lordship was casual meaning everything you lived on earned and made belonged to the lords....paying a small tax so you dont need to join the army was a welcome!
by taking jizya from non-muslims, the Islamic government
has to ensure to protect the all types of rights of non-muslims & ensure security for them.
The Muslims have to pay taxes (which is 2.5 percent of their annual income) under the name of "Zakah" to the "Muslim Financial Institute" or the "House of the Muslim Money" which all goes to provide welfare to the poor and the needy citizens;
both Muslims and non-Muslims. The poor and the needy (such as the Orphans, Widows and the disabled) from the Muslims are exempt from paying taxes.
The non-Muslims have to pay a varrying amount under the name of "Jizyah", depending on their situation, which is taxes that don't go to help poor and needy Muslims, but instead, it goes to the government to (1)
Provide protection for them since they are a minority; (2) Provide means for them to practice their religions freely by building Temples or Churches for them.
though Islamic States butchery could rival even Vlad the Impaler's
and that of the Crusader esp the Templar knights no historian will put anything above that one
