7 sentences with 'tolerated'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tolerated and other words derived from it.
• « 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. »
• « During the Abbasid period in particular, Spain and Sicily were important as bridges between the Islamic and Christian worlds, where all faiths and peoples were tolerated. »
• « This led to increased anti-Semitism in Europe, as the one social role played by Jews that Christians had grudgingly tolerated - money-lending - was increasingly usurped by Christians. »
• « Non-Muslims were officially tolerated as dhimmis, protected peoples, who had to pay a special tax but were not forced to convert to Islam. »
• « The only form of political organisation tolerated in Tibet is communist, and many live in fear of the "examinations" by which soldiers put monks and nuns in the dilemma of giving up their desire to see a free and independent Tibet, or face torture and imprisonment. »
• « Over the years, and especially in 1840, the government tolerated or encouraged abuses against neighbours accused of being Unitarians, even going so far as to destroy their property and even take their lives. »
• « By 1581, these seven northern provinces had declared their independence from Spain and created the Dutch Republic, also called Holland, where Protestantism was tolerated. »