Original sentence: Jizya and kharaj taxes were the largest, and together the predominant contributor to total annual taxes collected by the Muslim officials in various Islamic states, and they were a "crushing burden for the non-Muslim peasantry who eked out a bare living in a subsistence economy" according to Norman Stillman.Jizya has also been rationalized as a symbol of the humiliation of the non-Muslims in a Muslim state for not converting to Islam.Throughout Islamic history, the terms jizya and kharaj were often used interchangeably, and these were collected from non-Muslims as a combined assessment
Edited sentence: They were the largest contributor to total annual taxes collected by the Muslim officials in various Islamic states, and they were a "crushing burden for the non-Muslim peasantry who eked out a bare living in a subsistence economy" according to Norman Stillman.Throughout Islamic history, the terms jizya and kharaj were used interchangeably, and these were collected from non-Muslims as a combined assessment