from Google AI:
Jizya is a historical per capita yearly tax levied by Islamic states on non-Muslim subjects, known as dhimmis. [1, 2]Historical Purpose and Conditions
- Protection and Rights: In return for paying the tax, non-Muslims (primarily Christians, Jews, and later Zoroastrians and others) received state protection, exemption from military service, and the right to practice their religion with communal autonomy. [1, 2]
- Who Paid: Classical Islamic law generally required free, adult, sane, and financially able-bodied non-Muslim men to pay the jizya. [1, 2]
- Exemptions: Women, children, the elderly, the poor, slaves, monks, and the mentally or physically ill were typically exempt. [1, 2]
- Shifting Interpretations: While initially framed as a financial contribution for governance and safety, classical and medieval jurists increasingly interpreted or applied the tax in ways that marked a subordinate social and legal status for non-Muslims
Mamdani saying the "quiet part" out loud on the Jizya:
"Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods."
(From his official housing policy campaign platform document.) [1]"The use of that language is just an assessment of the neighborhood... I’m just naming things as they are."
(Defending the platform's specific terminology during a Fox News Interview.) [1]"That is just a description of what we see right now. It's not driven by race."
(Responding on NBC's Meet the Press to criticism that the tax proposal was racially motivated.
If it wasn't racially motivated, then why say "white" neighborhoods at all? Why was it important to mention the racial demographics? Sounds like what was intended was something akin to the "indirect" racial taxation methods being employed in South Africa. In fact, it appears as if all "progressive" taxation has been a de facto indirect racial tax all along.
Is NYC the beginning of a New South Africa?
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