Since the Islamic conquests of the Middle East in the 7th century, the region’s diverse religious and ethnic minorities, Christians, Jews and others, have navigated a precarious existence under Islamic rule. The dhimmi system, which offered non-Muslims limited protections in exchange for taxes and social subordination, entrenched a hierarchy that relega…
In the Footsteps of Israel
Christian, Druze, and Kurdish Survival in the Islamic World
