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==Moderate Muslims reject the dhimmi system, including jizya, as inappropriate for this age of nation-states and democracies==
 
==Umar spent the jizya revenue on needy non-Muslims and this is a truly Islamic practice==
 
==The majority of scholars say that the jizya must be taken with gentleness, not harshness==
 
==It was an unusually tolerant practice by the early caliphates contrary to the practices of the Byzantine Empire==
 
==The tax was so little that avoiding it cannot be a motive for conversion to Islam==
 
==It protected Jews from other atrocities that they frequently suffered in the West==
 
==Muslims paid higher taxes==
This may have been occasionally true but it is unlikely to be true for 1400 years (the period in which jizya was actively collected).
 
==It is an excellent model of co-existence of different cultures under Islamic rule==
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