Re: How Islam Spread [split: UN Condemns the Dutch Film]
^ that's great Jenab. But there is another view point about all these examples too:
there is no dearth of smart muslim people or kings. ofcourse they threw some bones here and there were certainly some genuinely good ones too (and no I am not saying that grudgingly). But the point being made here is not whether there are ANY decent muslim kings - rather it is about how islam spread. BTW I do apologize to those whose sentiments it may hurt but it is a nasty past.
Razia Sultan had to 'work' to remove jazia. Jazia was one of the milder forms of discrimination designed to make non-muslims miserable.
But I certainly agree about the Tipu grants and some of the nawabs treating their 'ministers' well. They were either the smart or nice ones.