The recent news that the Kurdish government in northern Iraq has imposed a variety of special taxes and fees on those who live in the town of Ankawa should raise an eyebrow or two. Business owners in Ankawa — but nowhere else within the Kurdish-run area — will now have to pay a fee to […]
Northern Iraq: Kurdish government imposes jizya on Assyrian Christians
“One Assyrian politician interviewed by the API was told by a KRG official that this was a form of jizya tax, justified because Ankawa is a Christian town.” Jizya is a tax that the subjugated “People of the Book” must pay to the Muslims for the privilege of being allowed to practice their religions, albeit […]