tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683681702039130081.post7036965470234456230..comments2023-12-06T09:36:49.503-08:00Comments on Defending the Crusader Kingdoms: Myths about the Crusader States 4:Helena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683681702039130081.post-28949660633491466742020-09-15T10:07:37.950-07:002020-09-15T10:07:37.950-07:00Magna cum laude! And that's not "graduate...Magna cum laude! And that's not "graduate school" that's a PHD from the University of Hamburg. What are your qualifications and in what field?Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683681702039130081.post-65071043488030773952020-09-14T19:00:51.155-07:002020-09-14T19:00:51.155-07:00How in the world did you ever make it through grad...How in the world did you ever make it through graduate school? Bill Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320474949783989484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683681702039130081.post-7038301938729040422018-01-05T21:22:49.397-08:002018-01-05T21:22:49.397-08:00Polly Esther (whoever you are really) it is so swe...Polly Esther (whoever you are really) it is so sweet of you to go through my entire blog (even back to four year old entries) looking for typos and misspellings. I really appreciate someone taking so much time with my works. I never expected anyone to show such intense interest and I'm extremely flattered. <br /><br />I particularly thank you for this comment because, of course, you are absolutely correct. I started this blog back in 2014 not because I was a complete expert in the topic, but because as I did research for my books I was learning lots of interesting things that I wanted to share. As the original entry noted, I did not know at that time about the extra taxes, but I have since learned and it is reflected in later entries. Thanks to your wonderful support, I have now revised this entry as well to read:<br />"...it is quickly clear that the Christians were not more oppressive than their Muslim predecessors. Muslims and Jews were subject to special taxes -- as had been the case under Muslim rulers for non-Muslims. As under the Muslims, all people were allowed to practice their own religion. However, under the Muslims the penalty for trying to preach or convert a Muslim to Christianity was death – as it is to this day in many Muslim countries. (A woman was only recently condemned to death in Sudan, for example, for claiming to be a Christian and marrying a Christian man.) I have never read or heard about a similar law punishing the preaching of Islam with death in the crusader kingdoms."<br /><br />I'm sure that still won't entirely meet with your approval, given your admiration for the Muslims and their misogynous rule, but ultimately this is my blog not yours. <br /><br />I do hope that you will one day write your own blog (perhaps under your real name?) so that other people can have the pleasure of providing feedback in the same generous spirit that you have shown. Again, thank you so very much!Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8683681702039130081.post-27767300738574940902018-01-05T12:58:01.411-08:002018-01-05T12:58:01.411-08:00"Indeed, as far as I know, there is no eviden..."Indeed, as far as I know, there is no evidence that Muslims, or other non-Latin subjects, were subject to special taxes as was the case under Muslim rulers for non-Muslims."<br /><br />LOL. <br /><br />"Muslims and Jews were required to pay a religious poll tax..." Bernard Hamilton, The Leper King and His Heirs, p. 49<br /><br />"In this case, the writings of Ibn Jubayr do refer explicitly to the head tax on Muslim inhabitants of the Crusader lands ..." Paul L. Sidelko, Muslim Taxation Under the Crusader Rule<br /><br />"In return for the payment of a poll tax, the Mudejars—most of whom converted to Islam after the Arab invasion of Spain in the 8th century—were a protected minority, allowed to retain their own religion, language, and customs. With leaders assigned by the local Christian princes, they formed separate communities and quarters in larger towns, where they were subject to their own Muslim laws." -- Encyclopedia Britannica, MudejarPolly Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467248567631870439noreply@blogger.com