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The question of tolerance and Islam is not a new one. Polemicists are certain that Islam is not a tolerant religion. As evidence they point to the rules governing the treatment of non-Muslim permanent residents in Muslim lands, namely the dhimmi rules that are at the center of this study. These rules, when read in isolation, are certainly discriminatory in nature. They legitimate discriminatory treatment on grounds of what could be said to be religious faith and religiousdifference. The dhimmi rules are often invoked as proof-positive of the inherent intolerance of the Islamic faith (and there

Islamic law. --- Religious pluralism --- Dhimmis (Islamic law) --- Islam. --- Dhimmis --- Non-Muslims (Islamic law) --- Islamic law --- Pluralism (Religion) --- Pluralism --- Religion --- Religions --- Civil law (Islamic law) --- Law, Arab --- Law, Islamic --- Law in the Qurʼan --- Sharia (Islamic law) --- Shariʻah (Islamic law) --- Law, Oriental --- Law, Semitic --- Islamic countries --- Ethnic relations. --- Muslim countries