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Sikhs, Hindus dread Islamic tax in Pakistan

Posted on 29 July 2009

From Kuwaittimes.net: When the Taliban gave Sikhs and Hindus an ultimatum – leave the land of your forefathers or pay “jizya”, an Islamic tax in protection money — Singh packed up and left his native Tirah valley for Peshawar..
Scholars say only a true Islamic government, no one else, can collect jizya and on condition that those who pay feel safe, but Lashkar-e-Islam insisted the tax was proper payment for services rendered………Full Article: Source

 
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