Are they talking about the Southern US border?
Because all of the countries south of the US are more Christian than the US.
Remember, according to people like this, Catholic isn't Christian.
In case you didn’t know like me:
Dhimmī (Arabic: ذمي ḏimmī, IPA: [ˈðimmiː], collectively أهل الذمة ʾahl aḏ-ḏimmah/dhimmah "the people of the covenant") or muʿāhid (معاهد) is a historical term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection. The word literally means "protected person", referring to the state's obligation under sharia to protect the individual's life, property, as well as freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax, in contrast to the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by the Muslim subjects.Dhimmi were exempt from certain duties assigned specifically to Muslims if they paid the poll tax (jizya) but were otherwise equal under the laws of property, contract, and obligation.
Pretty fucked up, protection money.
It is. In fairness, however, I will point out that at the time the Koran was written, most countries just exiled and/or massacred their religious minorities. Historically, it's actually somewhat progressive. Anyone still doing it in this day and age deserves to be critized, of course.
TBH it's quite a good deal. Jizya only applies to you if you're an able bodied man that is capable of being involved in a war. There are also 3 different brackets of tax, the lowest bracket is for a working class that doesn't own property, the second bracket is for the working class that owns property (farmer, trader), and the last one is for the capital owners.
People exempt from this tax are: unemployed people, women, children, disabled people, and the clergy.
By paying the tax it means that you can practice your faith freely and you will be exempt from the military draft if a war were to happen.
TBH it can be cheaper than if you're a Muslim because in zakat basically you have an income tax, wealth tax, and IIRC you're also taxed based on your business property.
Protection money for practising a different religion is a mafia racket with a religious coat of paint.
and who can you complain to when you don't get the protection you paid for?
deals change quickly in times of crisis.
query because you seem acquainted - ah, so if I paid that tax I can practice my faith freely - that cover atheists?
not that I'd ever put myself into that position because deals change and crises happen where 'laws' get ignored...
Ah yes, my favorite Bible quote: "For I was hungry and you denied me food, I was thirsty and you denied me drink, I was a stranger and you built a wall along your southern border"
Or something like that, idk.
Matthew 25:35-40
I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. And behold, now I’m all lazy and entitled, you shouldn’t have done that.
For these are the words of GOP Jesus. Amen.
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