Editing Dhimmi (section)

== In modern times ==

The dhimma and the jizya poll tax are no longer imposed in Muslim majority countries.<ref name="El Fadl"/><ref name=iwt738>{{cite book|title=Islam in the World Today|date=2010|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0801445712|page=738|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dM4hPlxMw8C&pg=PA738|author=Werner Ende|author2=Udo Steinbach }}</ref> In the 21st century, jizya is widely regarded as being at odds with contemporary secular conceptions of citizens' civil rights and equality before the law, although there have been occasional reports of religious minorities in conflict zones and areas subject to political instability being forced to pay jizya.<ref name="ipt-p283">{{cite book|title=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought|date=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0691134840|pages=283–284|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1I0pcrFFSUC&pg=PA283|author=Matthew Long (jizya entry author)}}</ref>

In 2009 it was claimed that a group of militants that referred to themselves as the [[Taliban]] imposed the ''jizya'' on [[Pakistan|Pakistan's]] minority [[Sikhs in Pakistan|Sikh community]] after occupying some of their homes and kidnapping a Sikh leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090417/world.htm#6|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – World|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in [[Egypt]] occupied the town of [[Dalga]] immediately following [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi]] on 3 July, and reportedly imposed ''jizya'' on the 15,000 Christian [[Copts]] living there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/10/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-convert-islam-or-pay-jiz/|title=Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to Coptic Christians: Convert to Islam, or pay 'jizya' tax|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aina.org/news/20130913143703.htm|title=Two Christians Murdered in Egypt for Refusing to Pay Jizya to Muslims|website=www.aina.org}}</ref> However, in autumn of that same year Egyptian authorities were able to retake control of the town following two prior failed attempts.<ref name="Guardian92013">{{cite news |author=Patrick Kingsley |date=16 September 2013 |title=Egyptian authorities recapture Islamist-held town: Morsi supporters had held Delga since his overthrow in July and unleashed a campaign of terror against Christian minority |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/16/egyptian-police-recapture-islamist-town-delga |accessdate=20 September 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=Minya province}}</ref>

In February 2014, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) announced that it intended to extract jizya from Christians in the city of [[Raqqa]], Syria, which it controlled at the time. Christians who refused to accept the dhimma contract and pay the tax were to have to either convert to Islam, leave or be executed. Wealthy Christians would have to pay half an ounce of gold, the equivalent of [[United States dollar|$]]664 twice a year; middle-class Christians were to have to pay half that amount and poorer ones were to be charged one-fourth that amount.<ref name="raqqa">{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2014/02/28/al-qaeda-in-syria-extorts-christians/|title=Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria Tell Christians to Pay Up or Die|magazine=Time|last1=Baker|first1=Aryn}}</ref> In June 2014 the [[Institute for the Study of War]] reported that ISIL claims to have collected jizya and fay.{{clarification needed|reason=Only mention of fay in this article. Is this the same as the topic mentioned at Fay (disambiguation)? Does it need to be mentioned?|date=May 2025}}<ref name="ISWJune30">{{cite web|last1=Caris|first1=Charlie|title=The Islamic State Announces Caliphate|url=http://iswiraq.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-islamic-state-announces-caliphate.html|publisher=Institute for the Study of War|access-date=1 July 2014}}</ref>{{dead link|date=May 2025}} On 18 July 2014 ISIL ordered the Christians in [[Mosul]] to accept the dhimma contract and pay the jizya or convert to Islam. If they refused to accept either of the options they would be killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28381455 |title=Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issue Mosul ultimatum |date=18 July 2014 |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724045752/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28381455 |archive-date=24 July 2014 }}</ref>