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Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule

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Tesneem Alkiek

Director of Expanded Learning, Fellow

by Tesneem Alkiek
July 24, 2017

Religious minorities are often depicted as oppressed and vulnerable victims of their Muslim rulers. This portrayal, however, is far from accurate. This brief paper seeks to reorient our understanding of the rights and responsibilities that religious minorities possessed under Muslim rule.

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