Under Shariah, non-Muslims are required to submit to a “protection” tax called the “jizya.” This practice has origins that go back several centuries. According to The Summary of Islamic Jurisprudence, Vol.1, published in 2005 by a prominent Saudi shariah scholar, the jizya is “a tribute or a tax required from non-Muslims living in an Islamic state…entitling them […]
This post is especially relevant given the announcement that the US will be providing aid to the so-called “rebels” in Syria, many of whom are Jihadists, some affiliated with Al Qaeda and some veterans of the insurgency in Iraq where they fought against US GIs. It seems that the Jihadist Syrian rebels have been getting […]
The good folks at Jihad Watch have an extensive report posted today on a disguised form of jizya tax at work in Malaysia: It is open secret that most income tax paid to the Malaysian Muslim government comes from more prosperous, more entrepreneurial non-Muslims, despite them being less than half the population. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/07/infidels-funding-islam-a-primer-to-malaysias-disguised-jizya-system.html
Al-Haqiqah in Arabic, a web site published by the opposition France-based Syrian National Council for Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation, on 9 April publishes a 1,300-word “exclusive” report saying that Al-Faruq Battalion, which is affiliated with the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA), is imposing Jizyah (an extra tax imposed on non-Muslims living under Muslim rule) on […]
Shariah Finance Watch hears from Mr. Oliver Agha, a Shariah Compliant Lawyer
On March 27, 2012 · In AAOIFI, Christianity and Islam, Islam, Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance, Islamic Law, jizyah, Oliver Agha, Qaradawi, Shariah Banking, Shariah Boards, Shariah Councils, Shariah Finance, Shariah Law, Usmani
Recently, Shariah Finance Watch received the letter below in response to a posting we published on 31 January. (https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2012/01/31/is-shariah-compliant-finance-a-failure-a-self-serving-answer-from-the-financial-jihadis/) To Whom It May Concern: I write to clarify certain facts and set the record straight in relation to an article published on-line and displayed on the website “Shariah Finance Watch” on January 31, 2012 […]
Victims of the discriminatory wealth tax, who are all non-Muslim minorities, demand an apology from the state 69 years after legislation was passed by Parliament on Nov. 11, 1942, requiring non-Muslims to pay a much higher rate of tax to the state. http://www.todayszaman.com/news-262278-non-muslim-minorities-protest-wealth-tax-expect-apology.html This tax sounds an awful lot like the jizya, which is a […]
Malaysia is known as a bustling hub of Shariah Finance, but what many people do not realize is that they have implemented a system whereby non-Muslims pay higher tax rates to fund Islamic missionary projects. The good folks at Jihad Watch have the details… http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/malaysias-dhimmis-fund-islamic-dawah.html
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