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  • noun Plural form of dhimmi.

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Examples

  • "I don't expect 'colonizing' Zionists to live in Palestine as 'dhimmis' - a vastly overworked term of persecution, by the way."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • "I don't expect 'colonizing' Zionists to live in Palestine as 'dhimmis' - a vastly overworked term of persecution, by the way."

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • These peoples and populations were known as dhimmis, and if such a status was not humiliating enough, a special tax or tribute, called the jizya, was imposed upon them and upon all dhimmis.

    RenewAmerica Victor Sharpe 2010

  • The reason is the institutionalized oppression inherent in Islamic law, under which religious minorities are stripped of their legal, religious and social freedoms, and forced to live as second-class citizens or "dhimmis," in a precarious and terrifyingly vulnerable state of existence.

    Egypt Is Not as Tolerant as Mr. Boutros-Ghali Opines 2011

  • None of these schools of thought or classic Islamic jurists have well known established texts which contradict the political system of Shariah which identifies Christians and Jews as "dhimmis" (protected peoples) who are "given" rights by a dominating Muslim majority and pay a separately identified tax (the jizya) at the behest of the Muslim majority in control.

    M. Zuhdi Jasser: Getting Real on Shariah 2009

  • The Nazis 'requirement of Stars of David to be worn by German Jews as identification for discrimination and persecution purposes was actually originally a requirement of' dhimmis '(Jews and Christians who had to wear Stars of David and crosses on their clothing) living under Moslem rule in caliphates.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • You 28 percenters are the real "dhimmis," and you're all too "dhim" to get it.

    Sound Politics: Liberals Are About to Go Apoplectic 2006

  • You would be unable to discuss in any detail what was required of "dhimmis" (that is, the subset of non-Muslims, or Infidels, who were allowed at least to live, and even practice their religion, under Muslim rule, in the lands conquered by Muslims, as long as a series of onerous duties, economic and social, were fulfilled).

    David Horowitz Freedom Center Hugh 2010

  • You would be unable to discuss in any detail what was required of "dhimmis" (that is, the subset of non-Muslims, or Infidels, who were allowed at least to live, and even practice their religion, under Muslim rule, in the lands conquered by Muslims, as long as a series of onerous duties, economic and social, were fulfilled).

    Jihad Watch Hugh 2010

  • They accept their status as "protected people" - second class status, with little or no rights, AKA "dhimmis" This is fitting in a Sharia society, because the Koran calls Jews "apes and pigs" in three places, and as such they can never live as equals with Muslims.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local liamm 2010

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