Zunar
Zunār (زنار) was a wide yellow belt made of cloth. It was part of the clothing that non-Muslims under Dhimmitude were required to wear in order to differentiate themselves from Muslims.
The requirement to wear it were dictated by Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Rightly-guided Caliph, and formed one of his many "well-known conditions" in the Pact of Umar (637 AD).[1]
The yellow badge that was to be eventually used by the Nazis as a badge of shame against the Jews was actually first introduced by a Muslim caliph in Baghdad in the 9th century as a variant of the zunār. This then spread to the western world during medieval times.[2]
As recently as 2001, Afghanistan's Hindus were required to wear yellow badges to segregate "un-Islamic" and "idolatrous" communities from Islamic ones.[3][4][5]
See Also
- Pact of Umar - A hub page that leads to other articles related to the Pact of Umar
References
- ↑ Tafsir ibn Kathir - Paying Jizyah is a Sign of Kufr and Disgrace
- ↑ Bernard Lewis - The Jews of Islam - Princeton University Press, June 1, 1987, pp. 25-26.
- ↑ Taliban to mark Afghan Hindus - CNN, May 22, 2001
- ↑ Jack Kelley - Taliban: Hindus must wear identity labels - USA TODAY, June 19, 2001
- ↑ T.C. Malhotra - US Lawmakers Condemn Taliban Treatment Of Hindus - CNS News, July 7, 2008