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Egypt: Christians murdered for refusing to pay the jizya

Jan 26, 2014 4:26 pm By Robert Spencer

20,000 Egyptian pounds is about $2,900 — giving the to the common claim from Islamic supremacists today that the jizya was merely a token tax and even lower than the amount of zakat that Muslims were required to pay.

Above all, as I explain here, the jizya is a Qur’an-mandated tax meant to show the humiliation and subjection of the conquered peoples who are made to pay it.

In December 2011, Yohanna Qulta, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, was asked what the Christians in Egypt would do if the jizya were reimposed in Egypt. He responded: “We will oppose this fiercely, to the point of martyrdom.” And here we are.

“Al-Shamiya Christians murdered for failure to pay extortion,” from MidEast Christian News, January 24 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

Christians in Al-Shamiya village in Assiut are subjected to constant threats, and are threatened with death unless they can pay at least 20 thousand pounds in jizya extortion payments.

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  1. Will Euler says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    I guess that is what the koran says. Why would any country tolerate such people to not call them something worse . One can understand that people in other countries want to send moslems back to where they came from. Let them kill each other. I have Moslem friends that were born and raised in America. But their parents were European born and emigrated to the the USA. What a difference to the middle eastern moslems.

  2. jewdog says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    What is this, the Allahfather? I f you refuse to pay do they invite you out for dinner and then shoot you while you’re eating your shwarma?
    Al Capone missed his chance by not claiming his gang as a religion and therefore exempt from taxation. Instead of indicting him, he’d have been invited to State Department diversity events.

  3. Larry A. Singleton says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    This guy absolutely nails it. The transcript to this should be printed and posted far and wide.

  4. Larry A. Singleton says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    I should have added to my last comment: “Especially what he said about America”. Everywhere we’ve been we’ve left the natives to be slaughtered. From the Khmer Rouge in Viet Nam to the Christians in Iraq. I usually recommend books but a great movie to watch is Charlie Wilson’s War. What we did to Afghanistan was a disgrace. We have the obscene habit of “dropping the ball” and letting other people pay for our lazy corrupt incompetence. I have a bunch of books on the “CIA” that have been sitting untouched on my shelves. I’m almost afraid to read them.

    • J says

      Jan 27, 2014 at 8:51 pm

      America is a ship of fools stuck in the Bay OF Pigs.Afghanistan was a trap set by SOMEONE;ONCE IN….THE TRAP SLAPS SHUT.THE IDEA IS TO WEAKEN AMERICA TO THE POINT OF A FINAL KNOCK-OUT PUNCH….THEN THE NEW WORLD ODOR WILL BE IN SESSION.THERE IS ANOTHER FACTOR INVOLVED.ONE THAT IS CONTINUALLY IGNORED…………….THE DISCLOSURE PROJECT.THAT RIGHT.THE DISCLOSURE PROJECT.

  5. Rob says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 5:48 pm

    ‘Turn to my Muslim friends’.
    Well good luck with that!

  6. exsgtbrown says

    Jan 26, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    he plans to turn to Al-Azar and the vast majority of moderate Muslims for help??? He may have to use those plans for martyrdom…

  7. gravenimage says

    Jan 27, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Egypt: Christians murdered for refusing to pay the jizya
    ………………………………..

    This story immediately follows the story on Jihad Watch about a Sikh in Pakistan being murdered for refusing to pay Jizya. Sikhs are apparently now regularly paying Jizya in Quetta. This is something the Pakistani government is either winking at or directly enabling.

    Will things be any different in Egypt? Will Al-Sisi’s government protect these Christians? I’m not sure I’d count on that.

    More:

    In December 2011, Yohanna Qulta, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, was asked what the Christians in Egypt would do if the jizya were reimposed in Egypt. He responded: “We will oppose this fiercely, to the point of martyrdom.” And here we are.
    ………………………………..

    That didn’t take long…

    God, I hate Islam.

    • Salah says

      Jan 27, 2014 at 12:34 am

      “Will things be any different in Egypt?”

      This is a two year old clip, things have changed in Egypt since then.
      If, or rather when, Sisi will run for office, the copts will be the first in line to vote for him.

  8. aprilyn says

    Jan 27, 2014 at 1:06 am

    Just when you thought things might get a little better for the Coptic Christians ..

    • J says

      Jan 27, 2014 at 8:54 pm

      Wither soever the good men shall be so shall the PREDATOR hunt him down;beware the bully on the BEACH OR SAND SHALL BE IN YOUR FACE.

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