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| Iraq |
| Muslims Forcing Christian Assyrians in Baghdad Neighborhood to Pay 'Protection Tax' |
| 2007-03-19 |
| Baghdad (AINA) -- Muslims in the Dora neighborhood of Iraq are forcing Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) to pay the jizya, the poll tax demanded by the Koran which all Christians and Jews must pay in exchange for being allowed to live and practice their faith as well as being entitled to 'Muslim protection' from outside aggression. At least two cases have been reported to a government employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous -- in which the Christian Assyrian wives were instructed to go to a certain mosque and pay, which they did out of fear. The stated reason for the payment was "we do the fighting and you pay to support." The jizya has been collected since the arrival of Islam in 630 A.D. The last systematic collection was by the Ottomans (Turks), which came to an end only in 1918, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and partitioned in World War One. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 The Assyrians have a great PR department. If one of them gets a hangnail, they issue a presser blaming the Moslems. This one is a doozy. Two cases reported to an anonymous government employee. Protection money is a racket, whether the Irish, Italians or the Moslems do it. A thug is a thug. And, let us not forget that some Assyrians did very well under Saddam. Could that be the source of the animosity, perchance? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-03-19 22:08 |
| #6 This is going to give the sand people over at CAIR Kaabaic hard ons. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-19 17:54 |
| #5 "...the Christian Assyrian wives were instructed to go to a certain mosque and pay, which they did out of fear..." What a shame it would be if this mosque was blown sky high. Together with those inside. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-03-19 15:46 |
| #4 Hey, minutemen need pay too. Right Mr Moore? |
| Posted by: plainslow 2007-03-19 15:39 |
| #3 We need to issue these non-Muslims guns so they can make "payments". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-19 15:37 |
| #2 This is a scam that makes the Mafia jealous. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-03-19 14:44 |
| #1 I am shocked, Shocked by this news, I tell ya! |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-03-19 14:23 |