Sentences with 'dhimmis'

Example sentences and phrases with the word dhimmis and other words derived from it.


« Non-Muslims were officially tolerated as dhimmis, protected peoples, who had to pay a special tax but were not forced to convert to Islam. »
« During the century of Umayyad rule, only about 10% of the population was Muslim. Non-Muslims, called dhimmis (followers of religions tolerated by law) had to pay a head tax and were not allowed to participate in governmental decision-making or the spoils of war. »

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