Definitions
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- noun A form of
social contract in a state undersharia law granting special status to all or certain non-Muslim subjects, providing rights of residence in return for taxes.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The basis of the pact known as the dhimma was protection from this provision (to be slaughtered or enslaved) of the Sharia.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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A development parallel to the return of the laws and behavior patterns of the dhimma has been the worldwide advance of the psychosocial characteristics of dhimmitude.
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
Latest Articles 2008
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
Latest Articles 2008
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
Latest Articles 2008
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The dhimma is a legal contract of submission that was imposed upon the indigenous non-Muslim populations in regions conquered by the spread of Islam.
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