Why were moorish rulers initially somewhat tolerant of christians and jews in spain? a. christians and jews paid muslim rulers tribute. b. christians and jews labored for free on building projects. c. christians and jews worshipped one god. d. christians and jews converted to islam.

The answer is A, Christians and Jews paid Muslim rulers tribute. This was a special tax that they had to pay simply because they were Christian or Jewish.

There are also a few relatively minor restrictions put on their ability to worship but, honestly, both the tax and the restrictions often went unenforced.