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from: Daryl Fatwa
date: 2008-07-23 22:36:38
subject: Filipino bishop told to pay jizya

From the "Religion of Peace":

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Filipino bishop told to pay Islamic taxes
Published: July 23, 2008  

Southern Philippines Bishop Martin Jumoad says he has received 
a letter threatening him with harm if he does not convert to 
Islam or pay Islamic taxes.
 
Bishop Jumoad of Isabela also told the Asian church news agency UCA
News that he got text messages from Catholics saying they, too, had
received threatening letters, Catholic News Service reports.

[...]

The letter had the names "Puruji Indama" and "Nur Hassan J.
Kallitut"
printed at the bottom and "mujahedin" under each name. The purported
senders introduced themselves as "Muslim warriors" who "don't follow
any laws other than the Quran," Islam's holy book.

They said Bishop Jumoad should choose to convert to Islam or give "jizya,"
Islamic tax, to their group in exchange for protecting him in the "place
of Muslims."

[...] 

Full article at "CathNews"
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=8217

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