Note 196
From The Invasion of Spain, part of Chapter 51 of the Decline & Fall


The Harbii, as they are styled, qui tolerari nequeunt, are,
1. Those who,besides God, worship the sun, moon, or idols.
2. Atheists, Utrique, quamdiu princeps aliquis inter Mohammedanos superest, oppugnari debent donec religionem amplectantur, nec requies iis concedenda est, nec pretium acceptandum pro obtinendâ conscientiae libertate (Reland, Dissertat. x. de Jure Militari Mohammedan. tom. iii. p. 14):
A rigid theory!

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