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Is paying a high tax to municipalities for house area permissible according to Sharia?

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A Muslim is not permitted to pay taxes to a belligerent Jewish state, unless he is coerced and unable to avoid payment. If he is able to avoid paying them, then he must do so; otherwise, he would be sinning.

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