article_snippet: Known as a jizya, the tax effectively forces Jew and Christians
article_snippet: - so-called 'People of the Book' - to either pay a regular sum of protection money to the jihadis, or otherwise choose between forced conversion to Islam or brutal execution.
article_snippet: Some friends of Daesh are trying to send messages.'
article_snippet: Daesh is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
article_snippet: The abductions have added to fears among religious minorities in both Syria and Iraq, who have been repeatedly targeted by the Islamic State group.
article_snippet: During the militants' bloody campaign in both countries, where the militants' have declared a self-styled caliphate, minorities have been repeatedly targeted and killed, driven from minorities homes, had minorities women enslaved and places of worship destroyed.