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Yemen: Shi’ite Houthis impose 20% “religious tax” on people and local governments in areas they control

Jun 16, 2020 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“Lawyers in Houthi-held areas said the amendment was not legal and not approved by the Quran, Sharia or the Yemeni constitution.”

Actually, there is this: “And know that anything you obtain of war booty, then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion – the day when the two armies met. And Allah, over all things, is competent.” (Qur’an 8:41)

“Yemen: government condemns 20% tax imposed by Houthis,” al Khaleej Today, June 11, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Yemen’s government has condemned a new tax law enacted this month by the Houthi rebels in areas under their control in the country’s north.

The law imposes a 20 per cent religious tax on people and local governments to be paid to the Houthis.

The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Dr Mohammed Askar, on Wednesday called on the Yemeni Parliament and all state and civil institutions to reject the new law enacted by the Houthi Supreme Political Council in Sanaa.

“This law is very dangerous and racial one,” Dr Askar told The National. “It divides the Yemen society into two classes.”

He said the tax law allowed the Houthis to “loot 20 per cent of the Yemenis’ income and the state economic resources”.

“Such a law will cause catastrophic consequences on the future of human rights and stability in Yemen,” Dr Askar said.

Lawyers in Houthi-held areas said the amendment was not legal and not approved by the Quran, Sharia or the Yemeni constitution.

“The article No 41 in the Yemeni constitution stated that the Yemeni citizens are all equal in rights and duties, and the article No 25 stated that the Yemeni society is based on social solidarity, which is based on justice, freedom and equality,” one lawyer said.

“This proves that the new bylaw regarding the collection of the religious tax issued by the Houthi authorities is baseless.”…

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Filed Under: dhimmitude, Yemen Tagged With: Houthi Supreme Political Council, Houthis, Mohammed Askar, Sana'a


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  1. mortimer says

    Jun 16, 2020 at 12:06 pm

    Muslims who disagree with other Muslims on religious matters may not settle it by compromise, because Allah’s rules must be implemented fully or it would be blasphemous. The only possible way to settle such differences is by force. If the Houthis can’t arrest their opponents, they will have to kill them. When Muslims dispute, both sides ‘have the truth’ and they consider it blasphemous to compromise.

    • zimriel says

      Jun 17, 2020 at 7:47 pm

      Which is how the Kharijites formed: they were on ‘Ali’s party and seceded when ‘Ali and Mu’awiya cut a deal. How can God cut a deal with Himself?

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 17, 2020 at 7:55 pm

        All faiths have had disagreements with each other as to which is the closest to orthodox, and formed splinter sects. The thing with Muslims is that it always involves oppression, violence, and murder to this day.

  2. Don McKellar says

    Jun 16, 2020 at 12:22 pm

    “Religious Tax of 20%” I read that and wondered how that’s any different than the Green New Deal that the Democrat Party is trying to crush Americans with.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 17, 2020 at 7:57 pm

      Well, the Muslims will probably gun down anyone who resists this “tax”. I take your point, though, Don.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jun 16, 2020 at 8:20 pm

    Yemen: Shi’ite Houthis impose 20% “religious tax” on people and local governments in areas they control
    ……………

    Gee–that sounds an awful lot like Jizya…

    • James Lincoln says

      Jun 17, 2020 at 9:08 am

      +1

  4. Battle says

    Jun 17, 2020 at 3:27 am

    Funding from Iran cut? Greedy imams steal.

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