"
"We could [convert and] become Muslims and live a
normal life in Raqqa, we could leave, or we could
stay and pay the jizya tax. The first year the tax was
54,000 Syrian pounds [about US$300] per man –
women and children are not 'taxed' – but last year
the rate went up to 164,000 Syrian pounds per
..."
http://www.christianheadlines.com/news/the-constant-trial-of-living-as-a-christian-under-islamic-state-rule.html