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→‎Religious Minorities: I believe this is meant to be mysterious Sabians rather than Zoroastrians? As Sabians are mentioned alongside Jews & Christians as believers in Allah in Q5:68 & Q2:62. While Zoroastrians are potentially (as 'Magians') mentioned only once alongside the Jews, Christians and Sabians but also polytheists/idolators being judged in Q22:17 so mainstream scholars are generally unsure of their standing as people of the book.
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(→‎Religious Minorities: I believe this is meant to be mysterious Sabians rather than Zoroastrians? As Sabians are mentioned alongside Jews & Christians as believers in Allah in Q5:68 & Q2:62. While Zoroastrians are potentially (as 'Magians') mentioned only once alongside the Jews, Christians and Sabians but also polytheists/idolators being judged in Q22:17 so mainstream scholars are generally unsure of their standing as people of the book.)
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==Religious Minorities==
==Religious Minorities==
Islamic law permits the residence of Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians (the three groups constituting the People of The Book) in the Islamic caliphate, or state, provided they accept the legal, social, and financial subjugation (the Dhimma system) whose explicit aim, as mentioned in the Quran, is their humiliation viz-a-viz the Muslims. Traditionally, per Islamic scriptures, polytheists and persons of non-Abrahamic faiths were deemed unsuitable for residence in Islamic lands and would have either to convert or face execution following military defeat. Historically, however, the challenge of implementing such policies against large numbers of polytheists (following, for instance, the Islamic conquest of Hindu lands) brought Islamic scholars and political leaders to arrange compromises and additional constraints whereby certain polytheists could live as Dhimmis. The Dhimma legal framework is not in force in modern Muslim states today as civil law is considered to have rendered it inapplicable. Nevertheless, other forms of oppression or persecution of non-Muslim minorities and unorthodox Muslim sects in some Muslim-majority countries occur today.
Islamic law permits the residence of Christians, Jews, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabians Sabians] (the three groups constituting the People of The Book) in the Islamic caliphate, or state, provided they accept the legal, social, and financial subjugation (the Dhimma system) whose explicit aim, as mentioned in the Quran, is their humiliation viz-a-viz the Muslims. Traditionally, per Islamic scriptures, polytheists and persons of non-Abrahamic faiths were deemed unsuitable for residence in Islamic lands and would have either to convert or face execution following military defeat. Historically, however, the challenge of implementing such policies against large numbers of polytheists (following, for instance, the Islamic conquest of Hindu lands) brought Islamic scholars and political leaders to arrange compromises and additional constraints whereby certain polytheists could live as Dhimmis. The Dhimma legal framework is not in force in modern Muslim states today as civil law is considered to have rendered it inapplicable. Nevertheless, other forms of oppression or persecution of non-Muslim minorities and unorthodox Muslim sects in some Muslim-majority countries occur today.
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