jizyah
or jiz·ya
[ jiz-yuh ]
nounIslam.
the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.
Origin of jizyah
1From Arabic
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How to use jizyah in a sentence
But the day before the final exodus, Christians were informed jizya was no longer an option.
ISIS Robs Christians Fleeing Its Edict in Mosul: Convert, Leave, or Die | Andrew Slater | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConquered peoples who will neither embrace Islam nor pay a poll-tax (jizya) are to be put to the sword.
They were subjected at Khyber, and made tributaries, paying jizya in return of the protection guaranteed to them.
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