USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 47
The Charter of Freedom granted bl The Holy Prophet Muhammad (~ace an blessings of Allah be upon him) to the Christians til Doomsday "I l'ROMISE THAT ANY MONK, OR WAY FAKER, ETC. , WllO WILL SEt:K MY llt:LI' ON Tilt: MOUNTAINS, IN FORESTS , DESERTS OR HABITATIONS, OR IN PLACES OF WORSHIP, I WILL REPEL HIS ENEMIES WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND HEl. PERS, WITH ALL MY RELATIVES AND WITH ALL THOSE WllO PROFESS TO t'OLLOW ME AND WILL DEPEND HIM, BECAUS!THEY ARE MY COVXNANT. •AND I WILL DEPEND THE COVENANTED AGAINST THE PERSECUTION, INJURY AND EM ARRAllMl:NT BY THEIR EN EMllS IN LIEU or THE POLL TAX THEY HAVE PROMISED TO PA y IF THEY PREFER THBlllS&LVl8 TO DEPt N D THll& PROPltllTIEB A. ND 11tBIR PERSONS, THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 00 SO AND WILL NOT Bl PUT TO ANY INCONVENIENCE ON ' fHAT,\OCOUNT ~O BISHOP WILL BE EXl'ELL&D t' ROM HIS BISHOPRIC, NO MONK t' KOM HIS MONASTERY, NO PRllST PROM HIS PLACE OF WORSHIP AND NO PILGRIM WILL Bl 1n ; TAINED FROM HIS PILOlllMAOtt • "NONI OF THEIR CHURCHES OR OTHER PLACES OP WORSHIP WILL Bl DEIOLAftl> OR DESTROYED OR DIUIOLllHED. NO MATERIAL OF THEIR CHURCHES WILL 8& u111: :0 FOR BUILDI NC: MOlelll:S OK HOUUS roa THI MUSLIMS AHY MUSLIM DOING SO WILL BB REGARDED AS RECALCITRANT TO 000 ANO HIS PROPHIT •MONKS AND BISHOPS WILL llE SUBJECT TO NO TAX OK INDBMNITY WHETHl!:R THEY IN PORll'l'I oa ON Tiii RIYl'R8, Oil IN il'KB KA. In' OR WEST, NOR'nt OR 80\J'ftt "I lllVE THEM MY WORD OP HONO&. THEY ABB ON IMMUNITY FROM ALL SORTS OFINCONYINIENCBS. '"l'lllYSHALLBBPROTlllY Tiii' M\,' S UMS. " I. ET THIS DOCUlllNT NOT BB DISOBIYl':D TILL 47