Posted by Rough Rider on January 24, 2007, 5:58 am Dhimma or dhimmi status...is ine of the results of the jihad or holy war. Connected with the notiaon of jihad is the distinction between dar al-harb (territory or house of war)and dar al-islam (house of Islam). The latter includes al territories subject to Moslem authority. It is in a state of perpetual war with the dar al-harb. The inhabitants of the dar al-harb are harbis, who are not answerable to the Islamic authority and whose persons and goods are mubah, that is, at the mercy of Believers. However, when Moslems are in a subordinate state, they can negotiate a truce with the harbis lasting no more than ten years, which they are obliged to revoke unilaterally as soon as they regain the upper hand, following the example of the Prophet after Hudaibiyya.
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