Jihad, Dhimmitude, and the Destruction of Christianity in Turkey

By Jalal Tagreeb- MEF – Summary of “The Sword and the Tongue: Jihad’s Long Shadow over Christians in Turkey,” published by the Middle East Forum. Jihad, Dhimmitude, and the Institutions of Subordination The conquest of Anatolia by successive Muslim powers initiated a centuries-long transformation of a region that had once been overwhelmingly Christian. The establishment of Islamic rule introdu

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”