Jalal Tagreeb

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The near-destruction of non-Muslim communities in the Anatolian peninsula, which accelerated in the final decades of the Ottoman Empire, drew on practices long established under Islamic rule: enslavement, deportation, the forced levy of Christian children, and, in some instances, the castration of captives. Above, Armenian orphans being deported, ca. 1920.
Dhimmitude Project
The Sword and the Tongue: Jihad’s Long Shadow over Christians in Turkey
How Jizya and Jihad Paved the Way for Genocide in the Anatolian Peninsula
October 6, 2026
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Jalal Tagreeb
For thirteen centuries, the jizya stood as a religiously mandated instrument of subjugation—rooted in explicit Qur’anic command and elaborated across classical jurisprudence—not a reciprocal protection fee. Its graduated payments, humiliating collection rituals, and surrounding architecture of legal disabilities extracted wealth while enforcing abasement, driving the demographic collapse of once-thriving Christian and Jewish communities across the Levant, North Africa, and beyond. The jizya's enduring legacy of humiliation and contempt requires honest reckoning today: formal acknowledgment, restitution where possible, and reparative justice for the descendant communities who paid for the right to remain what they already were.
Dhimmitude Project
Confronting the Legacy of Jizya as an Instrument of Subjugation
Modern Muslim States Must Abandon the Mythology Surrounding the Jizya and Confront its Damage to Religious Minorities
July 15, 2026
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Jalal Tagreeb
The flag of Hezbollah painted on a cracked wall.
Middle East Forum Observer
Inside Iran’s Missile Shift and Hezbollah’s Post-War Strategy
For Victory Against Iran and Hezbollah, the U.S., Moderate Arab Bloc, and Israel Must Support the Lebanese Government’s Disarmament Schedule
August 15, 2025
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Jalal Tagreeb