@ucsher
Dr Israr Ahmed is a scholar not god or a Prophet, his many things are controversial and his words are not the final authority for me. I listen to him like any other scholar and agrees to certain things according to my understanding.
I don't remember I have discussed before in this forum about jizya and certainly denying that non-muslims should pay tht. But let me tell you my information and point of view on Jizya.
Jizya is one of the taxation system and every State demands tax from its citizens. In Islam muslims are supposed to pay Zakaat as tax, it is mendatory for an Islamic state to collect and for citizens to pay. While non-muslims male adults only (not women, children, sick, or old) in return of the Islamic State's full protection (life, property and religious freedom) and exemption from serving in Military, are supposed to pay some money in the form of Jizya. Also note that Jizya has always been less than Zakaat. I think Jizya is very fair deal that was offered to the non-muslims. If any non-muslim individual or group agrees to serve in the military he is no more liable to pay even Jizya. This happent in the times of Caliph Umer when one christian tribe decided to be part of military instead of paying Jaziya.
However, in modern state where every citizen (muslim or non-muslim) is taxed there is no point of imposing separate tax in the form of jizya on the non muslims. And this is not only my personal view, there are many scholars who advocates that. In fact whole fiqh of Shafayee school of thought agrees with that.
Dr Javed Ghamidi another Islamic scholar is of the point of view that certain commands like the military advances and jizya were only time limited. They are not eternal. Now no muslim state has the right to invade any other sovereign state in the name of Islam or anything else.
So, no one (in Pakistan at least) is paying nor is supposed to pay Jaziya when every citizen pays the equal tax! No matter what Dr Israr Ahmed says!
Please read this very good and elaborate article on jizya containing different point of views: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizya
Neither I as a muslim thinks that I am any superior than any other human being just because I recite Kalma. What would make me superior is my actions only. In the last sermon of prophet (PBUH) he said tat: "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white - except by piety and good action."
PS: There are religious scholars who banned offering prayer in bulb light, or banished saying azaan on loud speakers, or made polio vacination and democracy Haram. Ottoman empire despite all the wealth and resources didn't develop air force because the scholars of that time considered it Haram! So, don't take every religious scholar so seriously.
I think you too realize muslims are going through their Dark Ages, so such fatwas and opinions should not be surprising! The western ppl have suffered must worst during thr renaissance thn wat we are facing in the name of Religion!
Posted 2 years ago on 28 May 2009 23:46
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