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>>Ankerberg: Yeah, Emir, take me back historically. Where did this start?
>>Emir Caner: The famous document is the Pact of Umar. Umar was the second leader in Islam
after Muhammad dies in 632 AD. And it becomes really the surrender treaty. And this is the
document that is an end-all that Christians must understand, because they are reinvigorating
this document in different constitutions, where Christians or Jews, Christians can�t
build churches, rebuild churches. When a Muslim wants to sit down they must give up their
seat. They can�t practice their faith publically. They can�t evangelize publically. They can�t
dress or speak like Muslims. And so, all of this puts them as second class citizens at
best. And if they break this treaty, then it�s treasonous, and all rules are off,
and all of a sudden they�re considered as traitors of society.
>>Ankerberg: What about the tax? They were taxed. People that didn�t convert to Islam
to live had to pay a tax, and during the years of the Caliphates and so on, that tax was
a heavy burden.
>>Ergun Caner: It was, but you have now�in the modern era, this is not something taking
place in the Dark Ages�a clear concise call. What they want is, they want the Caliphate
back. To give a parallel, it�s like they want their Vatican back.
>>Ankerberg: What is the Caliphate?
>>Ergun Caner: The Caliphate is the ruling party like the Politburo, like the Parliament,
and they want the regency that will rule past lands and countries. They want it to be an
overarching voice to all Muslims. What�s fascinating is, you have these competing forms
of Islam. In our social medias, in our, you know, the web and in the different countries,
Sunni do not believe that Shia are true Muslims. The Shia do not believe that the Sunni are
true Muslims, and you have them going back and forth and back and forth. And it�s almost
as if they want to apply the infidel rules to another Islamic sect.