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'''Dhimma''' is a term in [[Islam]] for the status of Christians and Jews in a region overrun by Muslim conquest who were accorded a protected status and allowed to retain his original faith. Communities had limited rights, no political voice, and paid special taxes, but were allowed to regulate their internal affairs.
==see also==
* [[Pact of Umar]]
==Further reading==
* Braude, Benjamin, and Bernard Lewis, eds. ''Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society'' (1982) [http://www.questia.com/read/52272246?title=Christians%20and%20Jews%20in%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire%3a%20The%20Functioning%20of%20a%20Plural%20Society online edition]
[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Medieval History]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]
==see also==
* [[Pact of Umar]]
==Further reading==
* Braude, Benjamin, and Bernard Lewis, eds. ''Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society'' (1982) [http://www.questia.com/read/52272246?title=Christians%20and%20Jews%20in%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire%3a%20The%20Functioning%20of%20a%20Plural%20Society online edition]
[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Medieval History]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]