| In addition to the topic of taxes, after the Muslim takeover of Egypt, non-Muslims were taxed, and it was an incentive to convert to Islam. As more and more people converted, though, the economy came to a crashing halt and they had to change the tax rules so that non-Muslims and recent converts had to pay to keep people working and the economy going. | | habbib_it | | Date: 2008-02-02, 13:03 GMT |
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