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The Covenant of Omar
The Covenant of Omar
Omar granted the people of Jerusalem a covenant of peace and protection which came to be known >span >It has been mounted at many centuries and even until now.
In the Name of (God) Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate given by the servant of Allah Omar to the people of Ilia' (Jerusalem). He gave them an assurance of protection for their lives, property, churches as well as the sick and healthy and all its religious community.
nor taken away wholly or in part. They shall neither be coerced in their religion nor shall any of them be injured. The people of Ilia shall pay tax (Jizya) as inhabitants of cities do (and as Muslims do pay a similar tax “zakat”).