What do you know about the Jizya tax?

Question

Do you think refunding that tax was right because, as the tax is used for protecting nonmuslims, the people had failed? What is your opinion on this?

"The Jizya, a tax collected from non-Muslims in Islamic territories in return for military protection and other benefits provided by the state, has also been the subject of misunderstanding. When the Muslims discovered that they had withdrawn from the city of Homs and could no longer protect the people there as they had promised, they paid the Jizya back to them. Muslims themselves actually paid a tax called Zakat which was several times more than the Jizya."

Answer 1

I knew what you said
it's fair

Answer 2

Why doncha list the other restrictions on dhimmi:
1) Not allowed to be in the government
2) Not allowed int he army
3) Not allowed in the police
4) Not allowed to sit higher than a muslim
5) Not allowed to pray in public
6) Not allowed to discuss their religion in public
7) Death sentence if they convert a Muslim to their religion
8) Not able to bear witness against a Muslim meaning that if a Muslim rapes, steals, murders etc a dhimmi- unless another Muslim is prepared to testify against them, they cannot be found guilty!

And many of these restriction are NOT from historical dhimmitude- but are relativelt recent innovations from radical Islam and are practised TODAY in some countries under sharia law!

Additionally- it is factually inaccurate to state that jizya was lower than the taxes paid by Muslims- in reality it was significantly HIGHER than zakat. Also, Jews were enslaved or killed and had their children forcefully converted to Islam for failing to pay the jizya.

Answer 3

Yes it is fair if the muslim goverment failed to protect the nonmuslim inhabitants or the muslim government withdrew from the related territory,the jizya tax should be refunded to the related person,But in the withdrawal situation it is difficult to refund it.

Answer 4

Non-Muslims paid jizyah for protection from whom??? From Muslims! That's called EXTORTION.