The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c12.s9.5

c12.s9.5

that no unbeliever should dare to set his foot on the territory of the holy city.⁸⁹ Where Muslims rule, they may declare the state secular or Islamic, they may treat the minorities with dignity or as *Zimmis*, follow the Islamic laws or prohibit polygamy. No non-Muslim can demand anything from them. They consider it entirely their own business to do what they like to do in their own country. But elsewhere their demands know no limits.⁹⁰