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I’m not sure why you’re using Dhimmi as if it’s a trump card in this argument. It explicitly granted legal protections for non Muslims. Compared to its contemp
by wbsss4412 5y ago
I’m not sure why you’re using Dhimmi as if it’s a trump card in this argument. It explicitly granted legal protections for non Muslims.
Compared to its contemporaries under Christian rule in Europe, the Muslim world was quite progressive in that respect. You can observe the difference as it played out in Christian Spain after the reconquista.
- eli_gottlieb 5y agoOk, so would you get in the time machine to go back and become a dhimmi? Why should we have liked on purely comparative grounds?
- wbsss4412 5y agoBecause that’s the context of the conversation?