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Emir Abd El-Kader And Rumors In Damascus

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Rumors in Damascus-Emir Abd el-Kader Emir Abd el-Kader is clear example of how to use religious power to server those who are powerless and to bring them protection without considering their differences. The elimination of the "dhimmi system" of the Ottoman Empire restricted access of non-Muslim minorities to government positions; this lead to an inequality forcing non-Muslims to pay an annual ten-shilling head tax. In Damascus the Christian community were the minorities and the rumors was that they were refusing to pay taxes. Outside of Damascus many villages were been pillaged and in other areas thousands of Christians were at risk of being harmed. Seen this situation Abd el-Kader sent many letters to the Damascus notables "...reminding them of their obligation under Islamic law to protect minorities, especially people of the Book." This letter approach to the Muslim notables shows that its …show more content…

However, this intuition of Abd el-Kader demonstrated that the human laws can never be use for the destruction of the life of others, but of respect for human rights because we all are God creatures. Already in Exile in the 1860; Emir used his residence in Damascus to protect the Christians minorities and formed a group of soldiers with the help of his Algerian fighters to face the onslaught. When the mob came to his residence they were shouting "Give us the Christians, They attacked your country...Why are you protecting them?" Abd el-Kader confronted the mob by telling them "My brothers, your behavior

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