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LAST RECORDED INSTANCES OF JIZIYA
by wada pav on Mar 23, 2007 02:48 AM   Permalink

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In Persia, jizya was paid by Zoroastrian minority until 1884, when it was removed by pressure on the Qajar government asserted by the Persian Zoroastrian Amelioration Fund.







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As late as 1894 jizya was still being collected in Morocco;



an Italian Jew described his experience there:



The kadi Uwida and the kadi Mawlay Mustafa had mounted their tent today near the Mellah [Jewish ghetto] gate and had summoned the Jews in order to collect from them the poll tax [jizya] which they are obliged to pay the sultan. They had me summoned also. I first inquired whether those who were European-protected subjects had to pay this tax. Having learned that a great many of them had already paid it, I wished to do likewise. After having remitted the amount of the tax to the two officials, I received from the kadi%u2019s guard two blows in the back of the neck. Addressing the kadi and the kaid, I said%u201D %u2018Know that I am an Italian protected subject.%u2019 Whereupon the kadi said to his guard: %u2018Remove the kerchief covering his head and strike him strongly; he can then go and complain wherever he wants.%u2019 The guards hastily obeyed and struck me once again more violently. This public mistreatment of a European-protected subject demonstrates to all the Arabs that they can, with impunity, mistreat the Jews.[29]



According to Khaled Abou Al-Fadl:



[Jizya] is conducive to an arrogance that can easily descend into a lack of respect or concern for the well-being or dignity of non-Muslims. When this arrogant orientation is coupled with textual sources that exhort Muslims to fight against unbelievers (kuffar), it can produce a radical belligerency.[31]



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