<div dir="ltr"><b><a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/8695/sweden-jews-islamization" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>gatestoneinstitute.org/8695/<wbr>sweden-jews-islamization</a><br></b>The dress code imposed on Jews and
Christians in the marketplaces of ninth-century Muslim Spain:
Non-Muslims had to wear a visible label on their clothing -- a monkey
for Jews, a pig for the Christians. To be sure, this is reminiscent of
how the Nazis forced the Jews to wear visible Stars of David on their
clothing, making Daniel Jonas's praise of Muslim Spain difficult to
accept.
<p>Being forced to wear a label on your clothing, however, was not the
worst part for non-Muslims during this period: The <i>dhimmi</i> (inferior, non-Muslim) who refused or was unable to pay the special tax, the <i>jizya</i>, could be sold off as a slave or executed. If one or more <i>dhimmis</i> in a village refused or were unable to pay the <i>jizya</i>
tax, the Muslim authorities had the right to repeal the village's
autonomy. From one day to the next, Christians and Jews in a city could
lose their status as protected "People of the Book," because one person
had done something wrong. Another crime that was considered very
serious, was "public outrage against the Islamic faith," for example,
displaying objects such as crosses, wine or pigs in public so that
Muslims could see them.</p>
<p>If a person chose to convert to Islam, full amnesty was immediately
given, even if he had been sentenced to death. <br></p><br><br></div>