Thread: Iraqi Christians forced to pay 'protection tax'

Iraqi Christians forced to pay 'protection tax'
Muslims enforcing Islamic law requiring tribute or conversion

Posted: April 18, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern




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Iraqi church bombed in 2004
Christians in a Baghdad neighborhood are being required to pay a "protection tax" because Muslims have begun enforcing an Islamic law demanding either the tribute – or conversion to Islam, according to Christians in Iraq.
The report from the Assyrian International News Agency follows on complaints from Iraqi Christians that they have been caught in a no-man's land between the Coalition forces and Muslim militants in Iraq, watching as their churches have been bombed, and men and women assaulted and killed.
The newest report said Muslims in the Dora neighborhood are forcing Assyrians, who also are known as Chaldeans and Syriacs, but who largely are Christian, to pay the jizya, the poll tax demanded by the Quran. Christians – and Jews – must pay the tax "in exchange for being allowed to live and practice their faith as well as being entitled to 'Muslim protection' from outside aggression," the agency reported

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Comment: Well there is democracy in action...ie mob rule....What a bunch of crap.

I'm glad we set down such a hardline Constitution!

Damnit people, if we're going to claim we're giving them freedom, give them freedom!

Originally Posted by Feslin

I'm glad we set down such a hardline Constitution!

Damnit people, if we're going to claim we're giving them freedom, give them freedom!

Fes, these people have been taking advantage of each other for a millenia. What could we possibly do to make them like or even tolerate each other?

Originally Posted by Think for myself

Fes, these people have been taking advantage of each other for a millenia. What could we possibly do to make them like or even tolerate each other?

We're the ones with the guns, aren't we?

This wasn't an excuse to end the slave trade or racist policy in the South, was it?

lol paying tax because your part of a certain religion. Thats terrible. I didn't even know there were christians in Iraq. Well, besides the US troops

Originally Posted by Feslin

We're the ones with the guns, aren't we?

This wasn't an excuse to end the slave trade or racist policy in the South, was it?

Well, the other side has guns too.

Originally Posted by Think for myself

Well, the other side has guns too.

Yes, but we're better at using them =D

Originally Posted by TenGig

lol paying tax because your part of a certain religion. Thats terrible. I didn't even know there were christians in Iraq. Well, besides the US troops

There are Jews there too. the middle east is made up of dozens of different factions of different religions.

Originally Posted by Feslin

Yes, but we're better at using them =D

That's debatable. We have not been so effective so far.

Originally Posted by Think for myself

There are Jews there too. the middle east is made up of dozens of different factions of different religions.

Yeah, I just looked it up. 3% are christian or other