Best solution to the refugee crisis in Syria?

[Aura7541]

WolfpackN64 said:

Aura7541 said:

But the definition of a Muslim is one that follows and believes in Islam. Christians and Jews are not Muslims, so they do not believe in Islam and therefore, are non-believers. If they believe in the same religion, how come Christians and Jews were considered as Dhimmis in Islamic states? If they believed in the same religion, shouldn't they be exempted from paying the 'protection' tax?

They were considered to be variants of the same religion. Deviating, yes, but they weren't considered "non-believers". Differences weren't treated as something binary.

But they were treated as binary. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the concept of Dhimmis. Variants of the same religion =/= Religions are the same.

Edit: Come to think of it, "variants of the same religion" is a rather oxymoronic phrase.