I don't know why the Qur'an sanctioned jizya. Why did the Bible endorse slavery, why did it call homosexuality an abomination, why did it sanction stoning if you plot different vegetables side by side, why did it allow one to sells his daughter, why did it prohibit touching pigs on Sabbath? None of these makes sense of us in the modern times. These are stuff of bygone ages where the Qur'an belongs.
To any thinking person, Jizya is wrong! Pure and simple! Besides, jizya was meant for the Jews and Christians. Qur'an says nothing about the Zoroastrians, where this tax was imposed with great vehemence to the destruction of that community. In fact, my undying belief is that Islam was never meant to go outside of Arabia -- see the verse where it states categorically that the Qur'an is for Mecca, Median and the surroundings. Listen, judging from the huge number of postings on this list, some of you folks seem to have a lot of time on your hand. I don't. So this is my last word on the subject. Ahang. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu