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"If Israel isn't a European colonial project, then why are all of the Israeli heads of state European?"
> They and other non-Muslims were treated as second class citizens and forced to pay jizyah tax every year.
If they were paying the jizya then they weren't paying the zakat. Jizya also typically exempted People of the Book from military service.
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"If Israel isn't a European colonial project, then why are all of the Israeli heads of state European?"
> They and other non-Muslims were treated as second class citizens and forced to pay jizyah tax every year.
If they were paying the jizya then they weren't paying the zakat. Jizya also typically exempted People of the Book from military service.