TheBlaze’s national security adviser
Buck Sexton appeared on TheBlaze TV Monday to discuss what he described
as a “very specific version of Islamic jurisprudence” that partially
explains the recent wave of attacks on Christians in Egypt.
“It’s a concept called the dhimmi. The
dhimmi is an agreement, it actually means ‘protection,’ and the those
who are dhimmis are the protected. But they’re protected in sort of the
sense of mafia protection money, meaning that they’re a secondary class
of citizen, and this stretches back to the very beginning of the Islamic
conquest from the life of the prophet Muhammad all the way up through
the Ottoman Empire,” Sexton said. “If you were a non-Muslim you fell
under this separate legal category, where you were essentially treated
like livestock. They would keep you alive, but you had no real rights.
If they wanted to kill you, they could. If they wanted to rape your
women, put you in slavery, take your property, they could.”
Sexton proceeded to point out that the
Coptic community in Egypt is one of the oldest Christian communities in
the world, and many of the areas we know think of as firmly “Islamic,”
like Istanbul (Constantinople) were actually Christian long before the
Islamic conquest.
(Photo: TheBlaze TV)
So what happened?
“They were put under the status of
dhimmitude, which essentially over time, either forced them to accept
Islam or live in this legal area where they could be killed [or
enslaved],” Sexton said.
And unlike under Roman law, religious
minorities were also disarmed to ensure they could not defend
themselves, Sexton said. They also had to pay a “jizya,” which Beck
described as an “I’m not a Muslim” tax. MORE>>>>>>
It is important to note that the Muslim faith is the force behind the Biblical prediction of the formation of a King of the South, as told by Daniel in his Book of the Bible. This King of the South will be a Muslim leader who creates a vast Muslim Empire that will encompass most of Africa and the Middle East. His power will be short lived, as a King of the North will appear in a United States of Europe and defeat him. The King of the North, is the Beast of Revelation, who will deceive the world and make war with Christ!. Read these links for more:
Kings of the South and North
The Beast
