section_path: Interfaith relations/Relations with Islam
section_name: Relations with Islam
paragraph_text: Relations with Islam
  
  According to Bat Ye'or, Christians under Islamic rule were denied equality of rights since they were forced to pay the jizya poll tax.
  
  In 2007, Metropolitan Alfeyev expressed the possibility of peaceful coexistence between Islam and Christianity in Russia, as the two religions have never had religious wars in Russia.