Definition of "jizyah" []

• Alternative spelling of jizya. (noun)

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• "The exodus began three weeks ago after a fatwa, or religious edict, was issued by Sunni insurgents offering Christians a stark choice: to convert to Islam and pay an ancient Islamic tax known as "jizyah," or to depart within 24 hours and leave their property behind."
• "In the Arab countries where many migrated, Sephardic Jews lived under Arab governments where they were further treated like black South Africans, second-class citizens, denied basic human rights and required to pay jizyah, the Koran-obligated poll tax."
• "Islamic law has been interpreted to encourage vilification of other religions and debasement of their members particularly in the payment of jizyah."