When Muslims conquered other nations, they treated the people with tolerance, kindness and respect. They were very different from the rest of the world because they did not persecute others based on their religion. The non- Muslims during this era, were known as Dhimmis in an Islamic state and had certain responsibilities to their conquerors. For example, they had to pay the Jizya, or the tax for not believing in Islam as well as additional taxes on land-holdings known as Kharaj. They were not able to sell pork or wine in public nor could they build new places of worship, restore old ones or perform any act that was not according to the laws of Shari'ah. However, the Muslims were still very tolerant and kind to their conquered people especially the "People of the Book" who were the Jews and Christians since these three religions are closely related. Justice and kindness is... what Islam is all about!!!
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