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By Race I am Dravidan
By Nationality I am an Indian
By Religion I am a Muslim

MOST PROBABLY YOU ARE A NON-MUSLIM. THAT IS WHY YOU SAY SO. MO MUSLIM WORTH HIS/HER SALT WILL SAY SO FOR WHATEVER BE THE NATIOMALITY, A MUSLIM IS A MUSLI, FIRST.
S.M.PASHA

All the indian texts mention about Jiziya of Non-Muslims, but none mention about the Zakat of Muslims. Which is a tax collected on the basis of Islamic Sharia by the Islamic Rulers.

Jiziya is a small tax for the protection to the Non Muslims provided by a Muslim Ruler and the same Muslim Ruler is responsible for collecting Zakat from Muslims. Apart from this Muslims must take part the battles whereas the Non Muslims are exempted from this.

I just want to put some light on the reality of Jiyza. i just doesnt wanted to go into the conterversy of some sikhs in pakistan. i just want to bring the facts regarding the Jaziya. i hope it will clear a lot of misconception about Jaziya.

One of the problems raised by the missionaries and orientalists is the imposition of tribute or jizyah on all non-Muslims. This institution has been so misinterpreted that the non-Muslims feel that it is some kind of religious-based discrimination against them. This is not the case. All the jizyah amounts are to be a financial obligation placed upon those who do not have to pay the zakah.
It is obvious that the jizyah is simply a technique used by Islamic governments to make sure that everyone pays a fair share. If the term jizyah is too offensive to non-Muslims, it can always be changed: `Umar ibn Al-Khattab levied the jizyah upon the Christians of Bani Taghlib and called it sadaqah (alms) out of consideration for their feelings.
The noted historian Sir Thomas W. Arnold, in his Call to Islam, states
This tax was not imposed on the Christians, as some would have us think, as a penalty for their refusal to accept the Muslim faith. Rather, it was paid by them in common with the other dhimmis or non-Muslim subjects of the state whose religion precluded them from serving in the army, in return for the protection secured for them by the arms of the Muslims. When the people of Hirah contributed the sum agreed upon, they expressly mentioned that they paid this jizyah on condition that 'the Muslims and their leader protect us from those who would oppress us, whether they are Muslims or others.'
In his covenant with the people of certain cities near Al-Haira, Khalid ibn Al-Walid recorded "If we are able to protect you, we deserve the collection of jizyah."
The seriousness with which the Muslims took their covenants with the non-Muslims is well illustrated by the following incident. During the reign of the second caliph, `Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the Roman emperor Heraclius raised a huge army to repel the Muslim forces. It was thus incumbent upon the Muslims to concentrate their efforts on the battle. When the commander of Muslims, Abu `Ubaydah heard this news, he wrote to his officials in all conquered cities in Syria and ordered them to return the jizyah which had been levied in those cities. He also addressed the public saying, "We are returning your money because we know that the enemy has gathered troops. By the terms stipulated in the covenant, you have obliged us to protect you. However, since we are now unable to fulfill these conditions, we have returned to you what you paid to us. We shall abide by the terms agreed upon in the covenant, if Allah helps us to rout the enemy."
Thus, a huge amount was taken from the state treasury and returned to the Christians, making them very happy. They prayed for and blessed the Muslim commanders. They exclaimed, "May Allah help you to overcome your enemies and return you to us safely. If the enemy were in your place, they would never have returned anything to us, but rather they would have taken all our remaining property."
The jizyah was also imposed on Muslim men who could afford to buy their way out of military service. If a Christian group elected to serve in the state's military forces, it was exempted from the jizyah. Historical examples of this abound. The Jarajima, a Christian tribe living near Antioch (now in Turkey), by undertaking to support Muslims and to fight on the battle front, did not have to pay the jizyah and were entitled to a share of the captured booty.
When the Islamic conquests reached northern Persia in AH 22, a similar covenant was established with a tribe living on the boundaries of those territories. They were consequently exempted from jizyah in view of their military services.
Other examples are to be found during the history of the Ottoman Empire. The Migaris, a group of Albanian Christians, were exempted from the jizyah for undertaking to watch and guard the mountain ranges of Cithaeron and Geraned (which stretch to the Gulf of Corinth). Christians who served as the vanguard of the Turkish army for road repairs, bridge construction, and so on, were exempted form the kharaj (land tax). As a reward, they were also provided with some lands, free of all taxes.
The Christians of Hydra were exempted when they agreed to supply a group of 250 strong men for the Muslim naval fleet. The Armatolis, Christians from southern Romania, were also exempted from the tax, for they constituted a vital element in the Turkish armed forces during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Mirdites, an Albanian Catholic clan who lived in the mountains of northern Scutari, were exempted on the condition that they would offer an armored battalion in wartime. The jizyah was also not imposed on the Greek Christians who had supervised the building of viaducts that carried water to Constantinople, nor on those who guarded the ammunition in that city, as just compensation for their services to the state. However, Egyptian Muslim peasants exempted from military service were still required to pay the jizyah.

I fail to see what was so great about Aurangzeb? He enforced his rule on people, killed his brothers, imprisoned his father, discriminated against other religions...Does that ring a bell? He was not even a patron of arts?

Yes, I'm hearing a lot about this new divine movement.
its great to find them elevating the name of islam by chopping off palm of unarmed helpless infidel TJ Joseph.
way to go brothers, u still need to do more to make the point that islamist can never be pacifist.

A few news paper reports about the new movement called NDF which changed its name as PFI.
CPI(M) office at Anchal set ablaze

By Our Staff Reporter

KOLLAM, MAY 11. The double-storeyed M.A. Ashraf Memorial building at Thadikkad, near Anchal in Kollam district, that houses the Arakkal Local Committee office of the CPI(M), was set ablaze today.

Eyewitnesses told the police that a gang that arrived in four jeeps at 3 a.m. today rushed to the top floor, broke down the door, doused the hall with petrol and set the building on fire. There was no one in the building at the time of the incident.

The CPI(M) has alleged that activists of the National Development Front (NDF) had set the building on fire.

The Anchal Police also stated that they suspect NDF activists to be behind the incident.

In addition to the local committee office of the CPI(M), the building also housed the office of the Literacy Mission unit and the M.A. Ashraf Memorial Library and Sports Club. M.A. Ashraf was a CPI(M) leader of the area who was hacked to death by a gang at Thadikkad on the night of July 18, 2002. Police arrested seven NDF activists of the area in connection with the murder and the case is pending trial before a court

January 24, 2007 18:37 IST
Five persons were injured in fresh attacks on Wednesday in Malappuram district where an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist was killed on Saturday.
Four persons -- a BJP sympathiser and three members of a minority community -- were injured in separate incidents at Tanur early on Wednesday, an autorickshaw driver was waylaid and attacked at Tirur around noon, police said.

Activists of the National Democratic Front allegedly killed RSS activist Ravi on January 20 in Tirur.

After the killing, the RSS observed a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in the district on Sunday. Inspector General of Police (North) M N Krishnamurthy said the Tanur incidents had nothing to do with the happenings at Tirur.

"The situation is very much under control and a strict vigil is being maintained throughout the district," he said.

In all, nine people had been injured in attacks in the district with RSS and NDF blaming each other for the clashes.

Meanwhile, posters, purportedly put up by the NDF in protest against the visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to Kerala, were found at some places in the district but the police did not say if that had anything to do with the ongoing attacks.

In an attempt to instill confidence among the people, the district administration decided to extend the ban on two-wheelers in Tirur taluk till Thursday evening.

Ten people had been taken into custody in connection

CPI(M) activist stabbed to death

Kannur, Aug 25 A local CPI(M) leader was stabbed to death allegedly by workers of National Development Front, a Kerala-based Muslim outfit near Iritty, about 40 km from here, triggering tension in the area.

The CPI(M) Chakkad branch Secretary N Dileepan (32) died after a group of suspected NDF workers stabbed him at Vilakkod around 2100 hours last night while he was returning home, police said today.

Dileepan, who sustained severe face, neck and leg injuries, succumbed while being taken to a hospital in Thalassery, they said.

The rival party activists, of late have engaged in frequent clashes in parts of the district. An NDF worker was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of CPI (M) activists at Kakkayangad near Iritty town on June 23.

Accusing the NDF of murdering its activist, the CPI(M) has called for a day long strike in adjoining Kottiyoor, Kelakam, Kolayad and Kizhur localities, they said.

Meanwhile, a police team led by IGP (North) V Shantaram is camping in the sensitive area to supervise the law and order situation.