Thursday, April 19, 2007

Muslims Forcing "Jihad Tax" On Non-Muslims in Iraq

Asia News reports on the escalating practice of Iraqi powers-that-be requiring a "jihad tax" of non-Muslims. Here's a brief excerpt from the story:

"Non Muslim subjects must pay a contribution to the jihad if they wish to be allowed to live and practise their faith in Iraq”. These orders are being imposed on the Christians of Mosul and Baghdad by Islamic militias. Besides these threats of extortion, thousands of non Muslims are also being forced to leave their homes by letters assigning their house to Muslim citizens. The initiative is part of the general campaign to Islamafy the entire country, which begun with the imposition of the veil on all women...