Talk:Jizya

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Sources

An article on a sensitive topic like this one should restrict itself to the best academic sources and avoid apologists for either side. Currently the article fails in this respect and this has to be fixed. Zero^talk 14:47, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Both of these authors are highly unreliable sources for topics related to Islam. Yeor is creator of the Eurabia conspiracy theory, and her former husband Littman was an activist not an academic. nableezy - 17:20, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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This article needs a paragraph to portray secular view of jizya

The entire article is a depiction of Islamic thought on jizya. It's too cumbersome to undo years of history whitewashing. Hence I propose addition of a new paragraph titled "Secular view of Jizya". Any objections to creating this new sub section may be recorded here. PastaMonk 03:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

It isn't really. It makes no discussion about Jizya versus the system of taxation that existed prior to Islam, which was very oppressive and a major reason so many provinces defected from the Roman Empire with minimal resistence. It also doesn't discuss why Muslims were exempt from the tax - they were required to perform many activities we now associate with state functions, like caring for the poor, education, and so on. Reading the article, one would assume the Roman Empire and Persian Empire were places of pristine economic liberation, which was far from the case. Then there is the issue of usury, which was the real tool of oppression of citizens of pre-Islamic Rome and Persia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:1FE0:4000:7024:A559:5C20:9A59 (talk) 13:36, 26 September 2024 (UTC)