THE FIQH DEPARTMENT

In the Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful.
Although every Fiqh opinion is based on evidence, often times, the scholars differ in their views. This room for differences is a mercy from Allah, and as long as there is evidence to support an opinion, then we must respect scholars' views, even if we may not always agree.
The Prophet (SAW) said:
"Whoever performs Ijtihad and errs will receive one reward. Whoever performs Ijtihad and arrives at the correct answer gets double the reward"
(Bukhari) 
From the Rulings of Ahl adh-Dhimmah: Kuffar Who Pay Jizyah PDF Print E-mail
Fiqh: Islamic Jurisprudence - Governance
Written by Ibn Al-Qayyim   

From the Rulings of Ahl adh-Dhimmah: Kuffar Who Pay Jizyah

"...1 - Honoring the Muslims in their gatherings, and to not plot against them, and to not enter upon them without their permission, and to not act impolitely or disrespectfully in their presence, and to greet them with the best of greetings, and to not extend their feet or raise their voices in their presence.

2 - To rise for the Muslims in their own gatherings;
meaning: if they enter upon us (the people of dhimmah) while we are in a gathering, then we get up from our places and offer them to the Muslims instead, so that they would have the best spots and we would have the farthest.

And this includes gatherings that are both mixed (containing Muslims and non-Muslims) as well as exclusive (only non-Muslims). So, if they enter upon them in their churches, for example, then they are to get up from their places and sit them (the Muslims) down in their place.

3 – They are not to live in a residence that is in any way elevated above the residence of the Muslims. This is clear in that they are not to be above them even in their places of residence; so, they are not to live in an abode that is elevated above that of a Muslim because this is a form of dominance over them, and this is what we worship Allaah by and do not believe in anything other than it: that it is not perceivable that they are to be above the Muslims in any way, shape, or form...."

['Ahkaam Ahl adh-Dhimmah' of Ibn al-Qayyim; pg. 527, Daar al-Hadeeth printing]

Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah