Jerusalem was being controlled by fundamentalist Christians who oppressed all Muslims and Jews when it was conquered by Islam so yeah it really was fine.
You are picking history as per your choice. That fact is that the muslim Sassanids invaded Jerusalem much earlier in 614 and took it over from Byzantines and were assisted by the Jews. The jews the slaughtered thousands of christians in the city. The Jews had been banned from Jerusalem by the Romans since 4th century. The Byzentines were hardly what you call "fundamentalist".
The Byzentines re-took the city in 629 AD.
The muslims re-took it in 638 AD
The crusaders were the fanatics who came in 1099 AD to retake the city after the the christian population was expelled from the city by the Fatimid ruler.
Paying a tax versus not paying it and dying in battle... hmm I wonder who really had to sacrifice to protect the abrahamic holy lands.
Your understanding of Jerisalem history is of just one era?
The city exchanged hands many time between Byzentines, the muslims and the crusaders. Every time the city was taken the christians or the Jews/ muslims were butchered enmass by the victors.
What sacrifice are you talking about??....