Jizya means paying tribute, which is a way of acknowledging that you are a second class citizen and you're buying your life.

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So seeing a Copt as, for example, a second class citizen, whether you're a secular Muslim or not, these sorts of things feed into the culture and the worldview of the general populace of Egypt.

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So what it ultimately means is - this concept of dhimmi is someone who does not want to become a Muslim, who willingly has to accept second class citizen status, and whose rights ultimately depend on the goodwill of the Muslim overlords.

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It is inhabited by one second class financial citizen of major league baseball- the Texas Rangers.

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To be classified as a peasant often means being treated as a second-class citizen.

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Plunder as expectations from second-class citizen Copts, taking what's called the jizya, collective punishment.

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It makes you feel a little humiliated and like a second-class citizen.

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But it is better to leave than to be a second-class citizen.

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