"Pay, Convert, or Die: The Return of Jizya" by Raymond Ibrahim

Jizya is back in the news, driving Muslims to murder. According to reports, jihadist groups are actively imposing jizya (monetary exploitation via Koran 9:29) on Christians in Africa and elsewhere.

Numerous examples come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Islamic State has been presenting Christians with — and slaughtering them if they refuse —submission: “If the Christians of Africa want to feel safe,” IS has announced, “our true Islam provides them the freedom to choose between three options, Islam, jizya paid humiliated and subdued, or death and displacement.” IS has claimed thousands of Christian lives over the years.

In one instance, after announcing the massacre of “21 Christians … praise be to Allah,” IS added, “Let the Christians of Africa know there is no security for you except by Islam or jizya.” In an editorial titled “Jihad in Congo,” IS wrote:

To the Christians, their institutions, and their community organizations [that] search for long-term solutions that will rid them of a life surrounded by death in every direction we give them the good news that the only solution is for them is to convert to Islam or to pay the jizyah and remain submissive. Otherwise, the invasions will continue against them, as will the killings, burning their homes and shops, and seizing their money.

The same “good news” has reached other regions of Africa. In Mali’s Sahel region, an al-Qaeda affiliate has stipulated that Christians over 18 must pay 25,000 CFA francs monthly or suffer the consequences.

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