During Muslim rule, they were a protected minority, and around the time of al-Mutawakkil's reign Harran became a center for philosophical, esoteric, and medical learning.

Hungarian is officially recognised as the mother tongue of protected Hungarian minority in Prekmurje region near the Slovenian-Hungarian border.

Between the 1930s and 1980s, Armenia was a part of the Soviet Union, within which Kurds, like other ethnic groups, had the status of a protected minority.

Although the "Tutsi" were defined by the state as an ethnic minority, they were denied recognition as a protected minority and remained conspicuously absent from elected offices.

They stated that they feared a lawsuit over the test's adverse impact on a protected minority.

Under Islamic law, Jews, as "people of the book," were a protected minority.

Christians and Jews must no longer be dhimmis ("protected minorities"), but must enjoy the same status as Muslim citizens.

How would you feel if you lost your job to a protected minority?

The Arab Islamic conquest of Persia, in the 7th century, was originally beneficial to Christians as they were a protected minority under Islam.