dhimmi

American  

[dim-ee] / ˈdɪm i /

noun

1. History/Historical, Islam. a member of any of various non-Muslim communities to whom conquering Muslims offered protection and the right not to convert to Islam in exchange for surrender, loyalty, and the payment of annual tribute: a phenomenon lasting from the 7th century until its abolition by the Ottoman Empire in 1839.

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Example Sentences

Dhimmi refers to the status of non-Muslims living in an Islamic state.

From Washington Times

He said some died whilst trying to escape while the others were killed for breaking the terms of their "dhimmi contracts", which require them to submit to the rule of Islam.

From BBC

Historically, the minority dhimmi, or “protected” communities, had rights enshrined by law, and their own parallel systems of justice.

From Washington Post

Unlike the Christians of Israel, who live as free, full citizens of a sovereign state, non-Israeli Christians live as tolerated Dhimmi at best, or persecuted infidels, in their own ancestral lands.

From Forbes

Under the Shia imams who ruled Yemen for most of the last millennium Jews were classified as dhimmi — non-Muslim citizens who had the right to reside and practice their faith in exchange for paying a tax.

From Time