The book also looks at dhimmitude.ĭhimmitude is a concept with which observers of Islam-related issues are becoming more and more familiar and Richardson’s book deals brilliantly with the topic of dhimmitude, highlighting clearly its implications and ramifications. He reveals the reasons for the many contradictions there are in Islam, for example, the existence of two versions of Islam – one moderate and the other aggressive. In his excellent book, “The Story of Mohammed – Islam Unveiled”, Harry Richardson writes absorbingly about Mohammed and his life and details exactly how Islam was propagated under his iron rule. She explains dhimmitude as “a uniform civilisation developed throughout the centuries by all non-Muslim indigenous people who were vanquished by a jihad war and governed by Sharia Law…” and “….it is characterised by the different strategies developed by each dhimmi group to survive as non-Muslim entity in their Islamised countries”. The word dhimmi then was the basis for the term “dhimmitude” popularised by author Bat Ye’or. The name given to these jizya-paying non-Muslims is Ahl Al-Dhimma, or simply dhimmis – which apparently can be translated as “protected people” (according to Wikipedia). So the rule of the jizya is of monetary benefit to the Muslim authorities at the expense of the non-Muslims whilst also ensuring that non-Muslims “feel themselves subdued”.
Muslims do not pay this tax, only non-Muslims. The above verse (Koran 9.29) refers to the jizya – the special “protection” tax which non-Muslims must pay for themselves and their property in a Muslim state. “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, of the People of the Book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”
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