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"Dhimmitude" is a newly invented word (that may or may not find its way into dictionaries), implying an attitude of concession, surrender and appeasement towards Islamic demands.
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Why arent I hearing about health bill page 107 and dhimmitude?
The reason you are not hearing about it is simple: it's an internet myth, spread by opponents of the healthcare law. "Dhimmitude" is not in the healthcare bill anywhere, not on page 107 or any other page. There are religious exemptions spelled out in the law, but none of them have to do with Muslims. Any emails you receive that refer to "dhimmitude" are nothing but misinformation, and they continue previous efforts to link President Obama and Islam. I enclose a link to the actual Healthcare Law, so you can read it and see what is in it and what is not.
Is the word dhimmitude in Obama health care bill?
No, this is an old and long-ago debunked myth. We get asked this question often, and the answer remains the same: there is no such word as "dhimmitude," and there are no special exemptions for Muslims on page 107 or any other page of the healthcare law. People who originally spread this myth believed that President Obama was a secret Muslim (he is not a Muslim; he is a Christian). They also believed he slipped some special favors for Muslims into the law (he did not). You can go to the government website supervising the new healthcare law and see for yourself what is in it. We can assure you that "dhimmitude" is not, nor does it say that Muslims get special treatment. They get treated the same as everyone else, no matter what their religion. I enclose the link to the actual law, so you can read it yourself.
Is The word Dhimmitude in Obama health Care?
No, this is an internet myth, and it is totally false. The word is not mentioned anywhere, nor is there any mention about special treatment for Muslims (nor, for that matter, for Christians, Jews, or other mainstream religious traditions). The bill respects separation of church and state, and focuses on increasing access to health care. It is not a bill that violates the Constitution, which is why the Supreme Court ruled in its favor in mid-2012.
How did the followers of Islam win converts?
Some people converted out of the conviction that Islam was the true religion and Mohammad was the final, or "seal of the prophets". Others converted after a period of dhimmitude, a condition where they were permitted to keep their Christian, Jewish, or Zoroastrian faith but with certain religious and economic restrictions. Having found the restrictions too onerous, many relented and converted for the social and economic benefits a Muslim enjoyed under an Islamic state.
What are the views from the koran on kidnapping?
Kidnapping is always wrong for any reason, but Islam allows non muslims and apostates to be taken and kept in slavery;Muhammad had many female slaves all taken as "booty",and even married one whose husband had just been slaughtered . Muslims engaged in Jihad can take hostages to be held for ransom for the benefit of the umma. Non Muslims are not protected under Islamic sharia unless given special dispensation or are "dhimmi" living under Islamic rule .In these cases the dhimmi are protected from death at the hands of the Islamic state if they pay the Jizya and obey the rules of dhimmitude. According to the Quran all Muslims face the consequences of their actions on the Day of Judgement,the infidel are condemned to hell.
What does page 107 of Obama health care plan say?
There are many urban legends and myths about this, but here is what it does NOT say. it does NOT say anything about Muslims, it does NOT say anything about Sharia Law, and it does NOT say anything about "dhimmitude." And it also does not exempt Muslims from the health care law. What it does say is that religious groups like the Amish can ask for an exemption if their religion forbids participating in a health care plan. That is all it says. I enclose two links, one to the Health Care law, so you can see for yourself, and another to one of the sites that debunks the myths about page 107.
Why did Islam and Christianity fight during the crusades?
(1) The (Muslim) Turks invaded the Holy Land and defeated the (Muslim) Arab rulers. (2) The new Turkish rulers oppressed the Arab (mainly Christian) population. They rigidly enforced the conditions of dhimmitude, e.g. by allowing Muslims to kill Christians for no reason. The Turks were also harassing European pilgrims who visited Jerusalem. (3) The Arab Christians begged the European rulers to serve their common interests by relieving them from the Turkish tyrants. (4) Therefore the Pope called upon the Europeans to march to the Holy Land and destroy the Turkish rulers. (5) The first crusade was very successful in that the Turks were driven out. However, the Europeans couldn't call back the original Arab rulers because the Turks had already killed them. So they chose a European nobleman to be the new King of Jerusalem. Hence there arose something of a misconception that the crusaders invaded the Holy Land because they wanted to conquer and rule it for themselves. This is not true, as the majority of the crusaders then went home again. (6) However, in due course the Turks came back... It's tempting to write that the cycle repeated itself, but this would not be strictly true, as each crusade was a little different. You can google for the crusades by number if you want to know the exact reason for each one and who (if anyone) won it.
What are some ways non-Muslims were treated differently than Muslim citizens?
There were and are no discrimination between Muslims and non-Muslims in all the citizenship rights, except that during past years of Islam, non Muslims were to pay fees for being protected by the Muslim Army, unless they join it.There is no better situation that describes Islam treatment to non Muslims than the following situation:Happened during the ruling of Khalif Omar Ibnul Khattab the 2nd Patriarchal Caliphs, may Allah be pleased with him, after Amr Ibnul Aas opened Egypt:Son of Amr Ibnul Aas was once playing chess with a Christian Egyptian fellow, the Egyptian beat him, Son of Amr got angry, took his whip and beat the Egyptian saying: I'm the Son of the honored!the Egyptian said, I'll complain to Omar, so, he travelled the way from Egypt to Al Madinah in SA, fetched the Caliph and told him what had happened. Omar got angry, ordered to bring Amr and his son immediately, so they came, Omar said to Amr's son: did you beat that man?, he replied positively, so Omar gave a whip to the Egyptian and said, here, beat the son of the honored!Then Omar said a phrase that is now a proverb: "when did you enslave people whose mothers bore free?".B:The Pact of Omar(Dhimmitude: mandatory discrimination under normative Islamic rule)We heard from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ghanam [died 78/697] as follows: When Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, accorded a peace to the Christians of Syria, we wrote to him as follows:In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate. This is a letter to the servant of God Umar [ibn al-Khattab], Commander of the Faithful, from the Christians of such-and-such a city. When you came against us, we asked you for safe-conduct (aman) for ourselves, our descendants, our property, and the people of our community, and we undertook the following obligations toward you:We shall not build, in our cities or in their neighborhood, new monasteries, Churches, convents, or monks' cells, nor shall we repair, by day or by night, such of them as fall in ruins or are situated in the quarters of the Muslims.We shall keep our gates wide open for passersby and travelers. We shall give board and lodging to all Muslims who pass our way for three days.We shall not give shelter in our churches or in our dwellings to any spy, nor bide him from the Muslims.We shall not teach the Qur'an to our children.We shall not manifest our religion publicly nor convert anyone to it. We shall not prevent any of our kin from entering Islam if they wish it.We shall show respect toward the Muslims, and we shall rise from our seats when they wish to sit.We shall not seek to resemble the Muslims by imitating any of their garments, the qalansuwa, the turban, footwear, or the parting of the hair. We shall not speak as they do, nor shall we adopt their kunyas.We shall not mount on saddles, nor shall we gird swords nor bear any kind of arms nor carry them on our- persons.We shall not engrave Arabic inscriptions on our seals.We shall not sell fermented drinks.We shall clip the fronts of our heads.We shall always dress in the same way wherever we may be, and we shall bind the zunar round our waistsWe shall not display our crosses or our books in the roads or markets of the Muslims. We shall use only clappers in our churches very softly. We shall not raise our voices when following our dead. We shall not show lights on any of the roads of the Muslims or in their markets. We shall not bury our dead near the Muslims.We shall not take slaves who have been allotted to Muslims.We shall not build houses overtopping the houses of the Muslims.(When I brought the letter to Umar, may God be pleased with him, he added, "We shall not strike a Muslim.")We accept these conditionsfor ourselves and for the people of our community, and in return we receive safe-conduct.If we in any way violate these undertakings for which we ourselves stand surety, we forfeit our covenant [dhimma], and we become liable to the penalties for contumacy and sedition.Umar ibn al-Khittab replied: Sign what they ask, but add two clauses and impose them in addition to those which they have undertaken. They are: "They shall not buy anyone made prisoner by the Muslims," and "Whoever strikes a Muslim with deliberate intent shall forfeit the protection of this pact."(from Al-Turtushi, Siraj al-Muluk, pp. 229-230)
How do Non-Muslims treat Muslims?
It entirely depends on the country. In some places such as Burma, Muslims are openly persecuted, murdered, and hunted down. In countries like Iraq, Christians give Muslims a wide berth and try desparately not to offend them. Most non-Muslim-majority countries treat Muslims somewhere in the middle, depending on a variety of different factors that are specific to those individual countries or to specific regions. Off of the top of my head I can think of four basic case studies for how non-Muslims treat Muslims:(1) Non-Muslim Dominant with Equal Rights for Muslims: United States (2000 CE)The United States was founded on the principle of equality for all citizens regardless of religion. Muslim communities established themselves in the United States as early as the 1830s and became relatively sizable around a century later. The largest Muslim community in the United States is the middle-class community of Dearborn, Michigan. Muslims in the United States practice their religion without intimidation, which has started to change since 2000 CE, but police investigate crimes against Muslims with the same strength and passion as they do crimes against Non-Muslims. American Muslims who were surveyed had a greater than 50% trust in the police, which is far larger than most Muslims in Muslim-majority countries, indicating a feeling of safety and surety. The Muslim communities in the United States are not openly antagonistic or withdrawn and actively proselytize and protest in the greater American community.(2) Non-Muslim Dominant with Anti-Muslim Segregation: Algeria (1950 CE)The French Occupation of Algeria established two separate societies in the country. There were the indigenous Muslim Algerians who made up the larger part of the population. There were also 1.5 million White Frenchmen (who were either Catholic or Atheist). Eventually, the Jews of Algeria, managed to join in with the French society, making the discrimination between the different facets of Algeria more clearly based on the Islam as an ethnic identifier than skin color as the ethnic identifier. Algerian Muslims were required to live only in certain areas of the major cities (like Algiers, Oran, and Tlemcen). The standard of living between the two societies was also quite different with the Non-Muslim areas "living in the 1950s" and the Muslim areas "living in the 1850s". This large discrepancy in treatment would eventually result in the Algerian War for Independence (1954-1962) and the expulsion of the Non-Muslims (Pied Noirs) from Algeria.(3) Non-Muslim Dominant with Anti-Muslim Repression or Extermination: Spain (1500 CE)When Castille and Aragon, the two dominant Christian Iberian States were expanding their power southward, they had an attitude toward Muslims that Muslims have towards Christian in (7) - basically reverse Dhimmitude. By the year 1300, there was only one Islamic State in Iberia: The Nazari Kingdom of Granada, which was not conquered because it was an ally of both Castille and Aragon. When Castille and Aragon united crowns to become the Kingdom of Spain, they were able to defeat the Nazari Kingdom. In order to enhance unity, the new Kings of Spain decided that every Spaniard would have to become Christian, flee, or die. This resulted in numerous Muslims and Jews fleeing Spain to Morocco and the Ottoman Empire. Those who stayed converted (some truthfully and some just for appearances). Many former Muslims were not trusted and subjected to horrific forms of torture. This period in Spanish history saw the end of a Muslim presence in Spain until the 1970s, with the exception of Spain's Morocco territories.(4) Confessional System of Governance with Muslims as a Confession: Lebanon (2010 CE)Lebanon has unique form of government. In order to protect the rights of the different religious groups in Lebanon, the government has set requirements for which roles are to be taken by which religious groups (the President of the Republic must be Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister must be Sunni Muslim, the President of the National Assembly must be Shiite Muslim, etc.). There is also a requirement that the legislature must be split 50:50 between Christians and Muslims. This prevents any one group from assuming power in Lebanon and has allowed that country to play host to over 9 types of Christianity, Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Alawite Islam, and the Druze without major issues since 1991. This makes Lebanon the most diverse country in the Middle East and it is commonplace for churches and mosques to sit side-by-side with minimal neighborhood segregation. As the Muslim population continues to grow, there is continued pressure to give the Muslims a greater share of the power, but debates on this issue have gone on relatively civilly.
Why did Pope Urban II want to start the first crusade?
Roman Catholic AnswerAll of the history you have heard about the Crusades, or read about it in the public schools is so much hogwash; for real history, please read one of the following: Regine Pernoud's The Crusaders (Ignatius Press, 2003)Bat Ye'or's The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude (Associated University Presses, 1996)Prof. Rodney Stark God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades(Harper One, 2009)Diane Moczar: Islam at the Gates (Sophia Institute Press, 2008)from Seven Lies About Catholic History, by Diane MoczarUnprovoked Muslim aggression in the seventh century brought large parts of the southern Byzantine Empire, including Syria, the Holy Land, and Egypt under Arab rule. Christians who survived the conquests found themselves subject to a special poll tax and discriminated against as an inferior class known as dhimmi. Often their churches were destroyed and other harsh conditions imposed. For centuries their complaints had been reaching Rome, but Europe was having its own Dark Age of massive invasion, and nothing could be done to relieve the plight of eastern Christians.By the eleventh century, under the rule of a new Muslim dynasty, conditions worsened. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, site of the Crucifixion was destroyed, along with a large number of other churches, and Christian pilgrims were massacred. In 1067 a group of seven thousand peaceful German pilgrims lost two-thirds of their number to Muslim assaults. By this time the popes, including St. Gregory VII, were actively trying to rally support for relief of eastern Christians, though without success. It was not until the very end of the century, in 1095, that Pope Urban's address at Clermont in France met with a response-though not quite the one he had hoped for.Another AnswerThe Crusades began for a number of reasons. Religious antagonism was a part of it, but more important was the desire to unite the warring Christian princes of Europe against an external enemy, as well as the perceived need to protect pilgrimage to the Holy Land (which was a big deal then). he urged Christians to to fight for Jerusalem. he wanted to make it safe for Christians, and also wanted to reunite the christian church in Rome and the orthodox church in Constantinople.-MirandaUrban II called for the first Crusade in the year 1093.in 1095Another AnswerThere are several reasons that Pope Urban II for the first crusade. The pope and many Christians wanted to take back the holy lands that were lost years ago.Muslim armies had been steadily encroaching on Christian land.He saw it as a way to expand the growing Christian empire.The Pope needed a way to keep European leaders from fighting with each other.They gained goods from it such as mirrors, grenades etc.Answerthe pope ordered for the crusades to defend the holy land from the invading islamic seljuk-turksAnswerPope Urban II used a three-pronged attack in order to rally support: 1) He felt the Christians in the Middle East needed to be rescued from persecution2) He felt the "lands of Christ" needed to be reclaimed for Christians, not be in the hands of infidels3) "God wills it" -- Deus Volt
What were the relations of the Mohammed with the Jews from 623 to 632 AD?
The story really begins in 622, when Mohammed first arrived in Medina. He signed a treaty with the Jews that they would all respect each other's religions, persons and property, bear their own expenses, and help each other if Medina was attacked by outsiders. In 623 he meant to be friendly to the Jews. He reasoned they were all monotheists together and the Jews would explain to the pagans about the importance of obeying prophets. Meanwhile, they had a number of friendly debates, in which Mohammed tried to convince the Jews that he was the Messiah. By 624 it was obvious that the Jews did not believe Mohammed was the Messiah, and this was making Islam look bad among the Pagans. Mohammed broke up the friendly relations. He gave up the Jewish hairstyle, changed the direction of prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca, ensured that Muslim fast days never coincided with Jewish ones, and received a revelation from Allah not to take Jews as close friends. From that point, his teaching no longer centred around Moses (the Jewish prophet) but around Abraham (also the ancestor of the Arabs). Mohammed told one Jewish tribe, the Qaynuqa, that they must either convert to Islam or hand over their property to him. They protested that this was a breach of the treaty, but in the end, he forced them to leave Medina. The chief of another Jewish tribe, the Nadir, critciised Mohammed's behaviour, so Mohammed had this chief assassinated. This was very shocking in Medina, where freedom to criticise one's leaders had always been allowed. The next day, Mohammed instructed the Muslims: "Kill any Jew who falls into your hands!" The Jewish leaders went to Mohammed to ask what had happened to the treaty. He offered to make a new treaty with them (indirectly admitting that the old one no longer applied). The new terms were that if the Jews did everything Mohammed ordered, the Muslims would stop killing Jews - it was the first contract of dhimmitude (protection). In 625 Mohammed accused the Nadir tribe of plotting to kill him. His only evidence was "Allah told me," but he said the Nadir tribe must leave Medina. At first they refused to go. Mohammed decided to besiege them. First, though, he besieged their Qurayza allies until (within a matter of hours) they agreed to yet another new treaty. This was that Mohammed would stop attacking them if they remained neutral in his conflicts with other tribes. They did not realise when they agreed to this that Mohammed was already planning to attack the Nadir. The next day the Muslims besieged the Nadir. At first they resisted, but when he burned down their date trees, they realised there was no point in staying if their livelihood was destroyed. So they surrendered and departed. They had to leave their fields and weapons behind, but they took with them a great deal of personal property and went to live in Khaybar, 100 miles to the north. In 626 Mohammed was mainly fighting pagans. The Qurayza were the only Jewish tribe left in Medina, so they minded their own business and kept away from Mohammed. In 627 the exiled Nadir (now free of any kind of treaty with Mohammed) teamed up with the Meccans and several Bedouin tribes to attack Medina in the famous Battle of the Trench. When it became clear that the allies would never starve Medina out, they began to negotiate with the Qurayza, begging them to open their fortress, which was the only non-Muslim entrance into the city. But the Qurayza refused to do this because of their treaty with Mohammed. In the end, the besiegers went home. Mohammed noticed that the Qurayza had not joined the defending army during the first few days of the siege. This made no difference to the outcome, as there was no actual fighting, but they had effectively remained neutral instead of supporting Mohammed. So Mohammed executed all the Qurayza adult males, enslaved the women and children, and confiscated the property. Early in 628, Mohammed sent two parties of assassins to Khaybar to get rid of two of the Nadir chiefs. Later that year, he besieged Khaybar and conquered all its fortresses. The Jews who had survived the battle were allowed to remain on the land in return for giving Mohammed half their harvest. Mohammed then besieged the remaining Jewish settlements in Arabia, who surrendered without much of a fight, and also allowed them to remain on their land on the same terms. Nothing changed in the period 629-632. The surviving Jews in Arabia were allowed to keep their land and their religion provided they paid heavy tribute and did not plot against Mohammed. After Mohammed's death, however, Omar evicted all the remaining Jews from Arabia. _____________________________________________________________ When prophet Muhammad settled in Medina after his migration from Mecca (or Makkah), he issued the Medina decree that equates all Medina citizens (including the Jews) in all rights and obligations. The Jews agreed on protecting Muslims and Medina against any outside attacks. However, during the Trench Battle in year 627 AD , the Jews have broken the promise and cooperated with the pagans of Meccas against the Muslims of Medina. Accordingly, after the battle end with Muslims victory they obliged the Jews to leave thew city. Refer to related links below.
How are Islamic people treated?
In Islam Non-Muslims are treated as friends and have respect to their religions and beliefs. There are particular rules about the safeguard of their lives and their religious activities. The worship places, social gatherings and all other cultural and social activities are allowed in the Muslim estates.B:The Historic 'Pact of Omar'(Dhimmitude: mandatory discrimination under normative Islamic rule)We heard from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ghanam [died 78/697] as follows: When Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, accorded a peace to the Christians of Syria, we wrote to him as follows:In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate. This is a letter to the servant of God Umar [ibn al-Khattab], Commander of the Faithful, from the Christians of such-and-such a city. When you came against us, we asked you for safe-conduct (aman) for ourselves, our descendants, our property, and the people of our community, and we undertook the following obligations toward you:We shall not build, in our cities or in their neighborhood, new monasteries, Churches, convents, or monks' cells, nor shall we repair, by day or by night, such of them as fall in ruins or are situated in the quarters of the Muslims.We shall keep our gates wide open for passersby and travelers. We shall give board and lodging to all Muslims who pass our way for three days.We shall not give shelter in our churches or in our dwellings to any spy, nor bide him from the Muslims.We shall not teach the Qur'an to our children.We shall not manifest our religion publicly nor convert anyone to it. We shall not prevent any of our kin from entering Islam if they wish it.We shall show respect toward the Muslims, and we shall rise from our seats when they wish to sit.We shall not seek to resemble the Muslims by imitating any of their garments, the qalansuwa, the turban, footwear, or the parting of the hair. We shall not speak as they do, nor shall we adopt their kunyas.We shall not mount on saddles, nor shall we gird swords nor bear any kind of arms nor carry them on our- persons.We shall not engrave Arabic inscriptions on our seals.We shall not sell fermented drinks.We shall clip the fronts of our heads.We shall always dress in the same way wherever we may be, and we shall bind the zunar round our waistsWe shall not display our crosses or our books in the roads or markets of the Muslims. We shall use only clappers in our churches very softly. We shall not raise our voices when following our dead. We shall not show lights on any of the roads of the Muslims or in their markets. We shall not bury our dead near the Muslims.We shall not take slaves who have been allotted to Muslims.We shall not build houses overtopping the houses of the Muslims.(When I brought the letter to Umar, may God be pleased with him, he added, "We shall not strike a Muslim.")We accept these conditionsfor ourselves and for the people of our community, and in return we receive safe-conduct.If we in any way violate these undertakings for which we ourselves stand surety, we forfeit our covenant [dhimma], and we become liable to the penalties for contumacy and sedition.Umar ibn al-Khittab replied: Sign what they ask, but add two clauses and impose them in addition to those which they have undertaken. They are: "They shall not buy anyone made prisoner by the Muslims," and "Whoever strikes a Muslim with deliberate intent shall forfeit the protection of this pact."(from Al-Turtushi, Siraj al-Muluk, pp. 229-230)
