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==Moderate Muslims reject the dhimmi system, including jizya, as inappropriate for this age of nation-states and democracies== | ==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== | ==The majority of scholars say that the jizya must be taken with gentleness, not harshness== | ||
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==Muslims paid higher taxes== | ==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== | ==It is an excellent model of co-existence of different cultures under Islamic rule== |