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A dhimmī (Arabic: ذمي ḏimmī IPA: [ˈðɪmmiː]), (collectively أهل الذمة ahl al-ḏimmah/dhimmah, "the people of the dhimma") is a historical term referring to non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim state. Dhimma allows rights of residence in return for taxes. According to scholars, Dhimmis have the same social responsibilities and rights as Muslims. They are excused or excluded from specific duties assigned to Muslims, and otherwise equal under the laws of property, contract and obligation.
Under sharia law, dhimmi status was originally afforded to Jews, Christians, and Sabians. The protected religions later came to include Zoroastrians, Mandaeans, Hindus and Buddhists. Eventually, the largest school of Islamic legal thought applied this term to all non-Muslims living in Islamic lands outside the sacred area surrounding Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
As an example of the distinctions between Muslims, dhimmis, and others, sharia law permits the consumption of pork and alcohol by non-Muslims living in Islamic countries, although they may not be openly displayed. These same commodities are expressly forbidden to Muslims. The largest school of legal thought in Islam (i.e. the Hanafi school) does not make any distinction between a non-Muslim dhimmi and a Muslim citizen.
Hamza Yusuf Hanson is an American Islamic scholar, and (with Zaid Shakir and Hatem Bazian) is co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, United States. He is a convert to Islam, and is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding. He has described the 9/11 attacks as "an act of 'mass murder, pure and simple'". Condemning the attacks, he has also stated "Islam was hijacked ... on that plane as an innocent victim".The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that he "is arguably the west's most influential Islamic scholar" and added that "many Muslims find his views hard to stomach."
Hamza Yusuf was born to two academics in Washington State and raised in Northern California. In 1977, he became Muslim and subsequently traveled to the Muslim world and studied for ten years in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, as well as North and West Africa. Hamza Yusuf spent four years studying in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the Middle East. Later he traveled to West Africa and studied in Mauritania, Medina, Algeria, and Morocco under such scholars as Murabit al Haaj; Baya bin Salik, head of the Islamic court in Al-'Ain, United Arab Emirates; Muhammad Shaybani, Mufti of Abu Dhabi; Hamad al-Wali; and Muhammad al-Fatrati of Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.[citation needed] After more than a decade abroad, he returned to the United States and earned degrees in nursing from Imperial Valley College and religious studies at San José State University.[citation needed]
Yeaa oooh oooh
Here we are ..?
Had a thing so perfect
I was scared
I wanted to find something wrong
So i put you through it
And i made excuses
Tried to turn you away
I knew i was wrong
Cus when you went away
Something so strong
I didn't know until you were gone (oooh i didn't know)
Whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Tell me all the things that i long to hear (baby u gotta whisper)
Whisper sweet nothing in my ear
Let me know that you feel the way i do
Hearing your voice it took me back to the way it should be
Passions so strong it feels like i'm losing my mind
You gotta please forgive me
Yes so i tripped completely
What can you do
When love gets hold of you
Cus when you went away something so strong
And i didn't know until you were gone (ooh i didn't know)
Whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Tell me all the things that i long to hear (baby u gotta whisper)
Whisper sweet nothing in my ear
Let me know that you feel the way i do
Whoa whooa whooa whoa whooa
Oh babe i knew i was wrong
I need those sweet nothing whispers
Baby you need to understand
These feelings so strong
Right by your side is where i belong
Ooh i'm on my way home
Whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Tell me all the things that i long to hear (baby u gotta whisper)
Baby you gotta whisper sweet nothings in my ear