What does the Bible and the Quran Say About Slavery

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What does the Bible and the Quran Say About Slavery​

We will start with Biblical texts which talk about slavery, with a reminder that the servant is used in place of slave:​

Genesis {9:25} And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. {9:26} And he said, Blessed [be] the
LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.​

Allegedly, Prophet Noah cursed his son, and set the basis of slavery
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{25:44} Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.25:45} Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. {25:46} And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.​

The text clearly shows slaves as property that can be bought and sold like any other object.
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{21:2} If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. {21:3} If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. {21:4} If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. {21:5} And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: {21:6} Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and shall serve him forever.​

The text describes how the Hebrew slaves should be treated. Notice how they can get a male Hebrew slave to become a slave for life by keeping his wife and children hostage until he says he wants to become a permanent slave. ​

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Exodus {21:7} And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. {21:8} If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. {21:9} And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. {21:10} If he take him another [wife;] her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. {21:11} And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.​

A father sells his own flesh and blood for sex slavery! Great family values!
A man can buy as many sex slaves as he wants as long as he feeds them, clothes them, and sleep with them! What do women's liberation movements have to say about these demeaning acts?
Worse than that, did God order this?
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Exodus {21:20} And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. {21:21} Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money.​

The text; god says you can beat both male and female slaves with a rod so hard that as long as they don't die right away you are cleared of any wrong doing!.
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Then came the New Testament where based upon his mission as savior, one expects that Jesus; god will fight slavery, but he surprises us of approving slavery and terror:​

Ephesians {6:5} Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.
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1Timothy {6:1} Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed. {6:2} And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them,] because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the
benefit. These things teach and exhort.​

Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and His teaching will not be blasphemed. I don't see the relationship.
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Luke {12:47} And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not [himself,] neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes. ]{12:48} But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes.] For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.​

Accordingly, the creator; Jesus orders people whom he created to beat others he created!
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Now It comes as no surprise and I understand what encouraged millions of Christians to go to Africa, abduct thousands of men and women, deprive them of their families and countries, and treat them in a manner not fit for animals, the reason is their skin color did not suit those criminals who decided to grade God's created human beings according to their skin color!Which devil decided that one skin color or race is better than another?
Is The Almighty God the only Creator, or do people create themselves the way they or others prefer?​

 

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Slavery in Islam​

P.S: words that seem to be meaningless are either names of people or books.​

The Almighty Allah; God says (49:13) Human beings,We created you all from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. Verily the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.​

In this verse the whole of mankind has been addressed to reform it of the great evil that has always been causing universal disruption in the world, that is, the prejudices due to race, colour, language, country, and nationality. ​

Islam affirms that Allah created man fully accountable, and enjoined duties upon him, to which reward and punishment are connected on the basis of man’s free will and choice. No human being has the right to restrict this freedom or take away that choice unlawfully; whoever dares to do that is a wrongdoer and oppressor.

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When Islam came, there were many causes of slavery:
- warfare
- debt (where if the debtor could not pay off his debt, he became a slave)
- kidnapping and raids
- Poverty and need.

Slavery did not spread in this appalling manner throughout all continents except by means of kidnapping; rather the main source of slaves in Europe and America in later centuries was this method; slave trading.

The texts of Islam took a strong stance against this. It says in a hadeeth qudsi: “Allah said: ‘There are three whose opponent I will be on the Day of Resurrection, and whomever I oppose, I will defeat … A man who sold a free man and consumed his price.’” Narrated by al-Bukhari (2227).
Islam limited the sources of slaves that existed before the beginning of the Prophet’s mission to one way only: enslavement through war which was imposed on prisoners-of-war and on their womenfolk and children.

The reason for allowing slavery is fighting against Allah and His Messenger, unless the ruler chooses to free them for nothing or for a ransom.

It is worth pointing out that you do not find any text in the Quran or the Prophet's traditions which enjoins taking others as slaves, whereas there are dozens of texts in the Quran and the Prophet's traditions which call for freeing them.

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Here is a summary of some of the principles of dealing with slaves:
1 – Guaranteeing them food and clothing like that of their masters. The Messenger of Allah said: “They are your brothers whom Allah has put under your authority, so if Allah has put a person’s brother under his authority, let him feed him from what he eats and clothe him from what he wears, and let him not overburden him with work, and if he does overburden him with work, then let him help him.” al-Bukhari (6050).

2 – Preserving their dignity. Abu Hurayrah said: I heard Abu’l-Qasim (Prophet Muhammad) say: “Whoever accuses his slave when he is innocent of what he says will be flogged on the Day of Resurrection, unless he is as he said.” Narrated by al-Bukhari (6858).
Ibn Omar said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “Whoever slaps his slave or beats him, his expiation is to manumit him.” Narrated by Muslim (1657).

3 – Being fair towards slaves and treating them kindly
It was narrated that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan tweaked the ear of a slave of his when he did something wrong, then he said to him after that: Come and tweak my ear in retaliation. The slave refused but he insisted, so he started to tweak it slightly, and he said to him: Do it strongly, for I cannot bear the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. The slave said: Like that, O my master? The Day that you fear I fear also.
When ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf walked among his slaves, no one could tell him apart from them, because he did not walk ahead of them, and he did not wear anything different from what they wore.
One day Omar Ibn al-Khattab passed by and saw some slaves standing and not eating with their master. He got angry and said to their master: What is wrong with people who are selfish towards their servants? Then he called the servants and they ate with them.
A man entered upon Salman and found him making dough – and he was a governor. He said to him: O Abu ‘Abd-Allah, what is this? He said: We have sent our servant on an errand and we do not want to give him two jobs at once.

4 – There is nothing wrong with slaves having precedence over free men in some matters
- With regard to any religious or worldly matters in which he excels over him. For example, it is valid for a slave to lead the prayer. ‘Aa’ishah the Mother of the Believers had a slave who would lead her in prayer. Indeed the Muslims have been commanded to hear and obey even if a slave is appointed in charge of their affairs.

5 – A slave may buy himself from his master and be free.
If a person is enslaved for some reason but then it becomes apparent that he has given up his wrongdoing and forgotten his past, and he has become a man who shuns evil and seeks to do good, may buy himself from his master and be free. This is a contract of manumission between the slave and his master. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): 24:33 “And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), give them such writing, if you find that there is good and honesty in them. And give them something (yourselves) out of the wealth of Allah which He has bestowed upon you”

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One of the results of these guidelines is that in many cases, the slave would become a friend of his master; in some cases the master would regard him as a son. Sa’d Ibn Hashim al-Khalidi said, describing a slave of his:

He is not a slave, rather he is a son whom [Allah] has put under my care.
He has supported me with his good service; he is my hands and my arms.
Another result of the Muslims treating slaves in this manner is that the slaves became part of Muslim families as if they were also family members.

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Islam considers freeing slaves as a way to earn God's rewards. The Holy Quran says

(90:11) But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.(90:12) And what do you know what that difficult steep is? (90:13) It is freeing someone's neck from slavery;


Many opportunities are available for restoring freedom to slaves:
1- Allocating a portion of zakah (obligatory charity) funds to freeing slaves
2- The expiation for accidental killing
3- Zihar (a form of divorce that is forbidden)
4- Breaking vows
5- Having intercourse during the day in Ramadan
6- Muslims are also encouraged in general terms to free slaves for the sake of Allah.

 

[FrenchyBearpaw]

Owning another human is morally wrong and reprehensible. And I didn't need a holy book to figure that out.

 

[simplegifts]

The Scourge of Slavery
THE REST OF THE STORY Over 28 Million Africans have been enslaved over the Muslim world over the past 14 centuries While much has been written concerning the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, surprisingly little attention has been given to the Islamic slave trade across the Sahara, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. ...
CONTRASTS IN CAPTIVITY A comparison of the Islamic slave trade to the American slave trade reveals some interesting contrasts. While two out of every three slaves shipped across the Atlantic were men, the proportions were reversed in the Islamic slave trade. Two women for every man were enslaved by the Muslims.
While the mortality rate for slaves being transported across the Atlantic was as high as 10%, the percentage of slaves dying in transit in the Trans Sahara and East African slave trade was between 80 and 90%While almost all the slaves shipped across the Atlantic were for agricultural work, most of the slaves destined for the Muslim Middle East were for sexual exploitation as concubines, in harems, and for military service.
While many children were born to slaves in the Americas, and millions of their descendants are citizens in Brazil and the USA to this day, very few descendants of the slaves that ended up in the Middle East survive.
While most slaves who went to the Americas could marry and have families, most of the male slaves destined for the Middle East were castrated, and most of the children born to the women were killed at birth.
to be continued...

 

[simplegifts]

The Scourge of Slavery
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THE ABSENCE OF ARABIC ABOLITIONISTS

William Wilberforce led the campaign against slavery for 59 years.
While Christian Reformers spearheaded the anti-slavery abolitionist movements in Europe and North America, and Great Britain mobilised her Navy, throughout most of the 19th Century, to intercept slave ships and set the captives free, there was no comparable opposition to slavery within the Muslim world.

Even after Britain outlawed the slave trade in 1807 and Europe abolished the slave trade in 1815, Muslim slave traders enslaved a further 2 million Africans. This despite vigorous British Naval activity and military intervention to limit the Islamic slave trade. By some calculations the number of victims of the 14 centuries of Islamic slave trade could exceed 180 million.
Nearly 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in America, and 130 years after all slaves within the British Empire were set free by parliamentary decree, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, in 1962, and Mauritania in 1980, begrudgingly removed legalised slavery from their statute books. And this only after international pressure was brought to bear. Today numerous international organisations document that slavery still continues in some Muslim countries.

 

[simplegifts]

The Scourge of Slavery
THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF LIBERTY

But Jesus revolutionised labour. By taking up the axe, the saw, the hammer and the plane, our Lord endued labour with a new dignity. Christianity undercut slavery by giving dignity to work. By reforming work, Christianity transformed the entire social order.
Our Lord Jesus Christ began His ministry in Nazareth with these words: "The Spirit of the Lord is on Me.to proclaim freedom for the prisoners.and release to the oppressed." Luke 4:18
When the apostle Paul wrote to Philemon, concerning his escaped slave, he urged him to welcome back Onesimus "no longer as a slave, but.as a dear brother.as a man and as a brother in the Lord." Philemon 16.
Because of these and other Scriptural commands to love our neighbour, to be a good Samaritan and to do for others what you would want them to do for you, Christians like William Wilberforce, John Newton, William Carey, David Livingstone, Lord Shaftsbury and General Charles Gordon worked tirelessly to end the slave trade, stop child labour, and set the captives free.
From the very beginning of the Christian Church, Christians freed slaves. During the 2nd and 3rd Centuries many tens of thousands of slaves were freed by people who converted to Christ. St. Melania was said to have emancipated 8000 slaves, St. Ovidius freed 5000, Chromatius freed 1400, Hermes 1200. Many of the Christian clergy at Hippo under St. Augustine "freed their slaves as an act of piety." In AD315, the Emperor Constantine, just two years after he issued the edict of Milan, legalising Christianity, imposed the death penalty on those who stole children to bring them up as slaves.
The Emperor Justinian abolished all laws that prevented the freeing of slaves. St. Augustine (354 - 430) saw slavery as the product of sin and as contrary to God's Divine plan (The City of God). St. Chrysostom in the 4th Century, taught that when Christ came He annulled slavery. He proclaimed "in Christ Jesus there is no slave.therefore it is not necessary to have a slave.buy them, and after you have taught them some skill by which they can maintain themselves, set them free."
For centuries, throughout the Middle Ages, bishops and church councils recommended the redemption of captive slaves, and for five centuries the Trinitarian monks redeemed Christian slaves from Moorish (Muslim) servitude.
In 1102AD, the London Church Council outlawed slavery and the slave trade. By the 12th Century slaves in Europe were rare, and by the 14th Century slavery was almost unknown on the continent of Europe.
THE ISLAMIC SLAVE TRADE

However, with the birth of Islam came a rebirth of the slave trade. As Ronald Segal in "Islam's Black Slaves" documents: "When Islam conquered the Persian Sassanid Empire and much of the Byzantine Empire, including Syria and Egypt, in the 7th Century, it acquired immense quantities of gold.stripping churches and monasteries.either directly or by taxes, payable in gold, imposed on the clergy and looting gold from.tombs.the state encouraged the search and sanctioned the seizure, in return for a fifth of the finds."
Segal notes: "Female slaves were required in considerable numbers for.musicians, singers and dancers.many more were bought for domestic workers.and many were in demand as concubines. The harems of rulers could be enormous. The harem of Abdal Rahman III (912 - 961) in Cordoba contained over 6000 concubines! And the one in the Fatimid Palace in Cairo had twice as many."

An Arab slave raid in East Africa
1888. The death toll from 14 centuries
of the Islamic slave trade in
Africa is estimated at
over 112 million.
Islam's Black Slaves also reveals that the castration of male slaves was common place. "The Calipha in Baghdad at the beginning of the 10th Century had 7000 black eunuchs and 4000 white eunuchs in his palace." It was noted that there were widespread "homosexual relations" as well. Islam's Black Slaves notes that Islamic teachers throughout the centuries consistently defended slavery: "For there must be masters and slaves." Others noted that blacks "lack self-control and steadiness of mind and they are overcome by fickleness, foolishness and ignorance. Such are the blacks who live in the extremity of the land of Ethiopia, the Nubians, Zanj and the like."

Ibn Khaldun (1332 - 1406) the pre-eminent Islamic medieval historian and social thinker wrote: "The Negro nations are as a rule submissive to slavery.because they have attributes that are quite similar to dumb animals."
By the Middle Ages, the Arab word "abd" was in general use to denote a black slave while the word "mamluk" referred to a white slave. Even as late as the 19th Century, it was noted that in Mecca "there are few families.that do not keep slaves.they all keep mistresses in common with their lawful wives."
It was noted that black slaves were castrated "based on the assumption that the blacks had an ungovernable sexual appetite."
When the Fatimids came to power they slaughtered all the tens of thousands of black military slaves and raised an entirely new slave army. Some of these slaves were conscripted into the army at age ten. From Persia to Egypt to Morocco, slave armies from 30000 to up to 250000 became common-place.
Even Ronald Segal, who is most sympathetic to Islam and clearly prejudiced against Christianity, admits that well over 30 million black Africans would have died at the hands of Muslim slave traders or ended up in Islamic slavery.

A dhow, the favourite slave carrying
vessel of Arab slave traders.

Arab traders beat their cargo into
submission on the run from the African
coast to Zanzibar.

The Islamic slave trade took place across the Sahara Desert, from the coast of the Red Sea, and from East Africa across the Indian Ocean. The Trans Sahara trade was conducted along six major slave routes. Just in the 19th Century, for which we have more accurate records, 1.2 million slaves were brought across the Sahara into the Middle East, 450000 down the Red Sea and 442000 from East African coastal ports. That is a total of 2 million black slaves - just in the 1800's. At least 8 million more were calculated to have died before reaching the Muslim slave markets.

Islam's Black Slaves records: "In the 1570's, a Frenchman visiting Egypt found many thousands of blacks on sale in Cairo on market days. In 1665 Father Antonios Gonzalis, a Spanish/Belgian traveller, reported 800 - 1000 slaves on sale in the Cairo market on a single day. In 1796, a British traveller reported a caravan of 5000 slaves departing from Darfur. In 1838, it was estimated that 10000 to 12000 slaves were arriving in Cairo each year." Just in the Arabic plantations off the East Coast of Africa, on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, there were 769000 black slaves.

The slave market in Zanzibar sold an average of 300 slaves every day.
In the 19th Century, the East African black slave trade included 347 000 slaves shipped to Arabia, Persia and India; 95 000 slaves were shipped to the Arab plantations in the Mascareme Islands.

Segal notes "The high death rate and low birth rate among black slaves in the Middle East and the astonishingly low birth rate amongst black slave women" in North Africa and the Middle East. "Islamic civilisation.lagged increasingly behind the West in protecting public health. The arithmetic of the Islamic black slave trade must also not ignore the lives of those men, women and children taken or lost during the procurement, storage and transport.the sale of a single captive for slavery might represent a loss of ten in the population from defenders killed in attacks on villages, the deaths of women and children from related famine and the loss of children, the old and the sick, unable to keep up with their captors or killed along the way in hostile encounters, or dying of sheer misery."
One British explorer encountered over 100 human skeletons from a slave caravan en route for Tripoli.
The explorer, Heinrich Barth, recorded that a slave caravan lost 40 slaves in the course of a single night at Benghazi.
The British explorer, Richard Lander, came across a group of 30 slaves in West Africa, all of them stricken with smallpox, all bound neck to neck with twisted strips of bullock hide.
One caravan with 3000 proceeding from the coast in East Africa, lost two thirds of its number from starvation, disease and murder.
In the Nubian desert, one slave caravan of 2000 slaves literally vanished as every slave died.
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[simplegifts]

The Scourge of Slavery
THE LAW OF LIBERTY

Although the Old Testament provided for slavery for criminals and insolvent debtors, kidnapping and enslaving law-abiding people incurred the death penalty. "Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death." Exodus 21:16
The New Testament expressly forbids both the slave trade and slavery itself. ".the Law is made not for the righteous but for Law breakers.for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers." 1 Timothy 1:9-10
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free.for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
"From one man He made every nation of men." Acts 17:26
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.love your neighbour as yourself." Mark 12:30-31
"Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:32
".where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Cor. 3:17
".proclaim liberty throughout the land." Leviticus 25:10

 

[Zoness]

Christianity did a big 180 when they realized they were on the losing side of the slavery battle in the civil war. A convenient about face that we cannot ignore.

 

[awitch]

Christianity did a big 180 when they realized they were on the losing side of the slavery battle in the civil war. A convenient about face that we cannot ignore.

Kind of like what they're doing now with same sex marriage, but with today's social media, we will never forget where they stood.

 

[Wesley1982]

The Bible with the message of Jesus is way better than the Quran.

 

[Rationalt]

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Islam considers freeing slaves as a way to earn God's rewards. The Holy Quran says

(90:11) But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.(90:12) And what do you know what that difficult steep is? (90:13) It is freeing someone's neck from slavery;

Those are meccan verses where Muhammad was trying to build support.

When Muhammad gained strength through looting caravans Booty has become a norm.

Muhammad earned his living by looting and slave trading after Mecca and thus we have Muhammad's sock puppet Allah giving verses to enjoy Slaves.

Quran 8:67 It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land..

Using Slaves for sex:

Quran 23:5-6 And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts); Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame;


Anyhow freeing slaves is an option and not an obligation for Muslims.

As i quoted in the thread Misconceptions of Islam muhammad sold slaves freed by muslims .

Many opportunities are available for restoring freedom to slaves:
1- Allocating a portion of zakah (obligatory charity) funds to freeing slaves

No such thing In Islam.You are making up stuff.Zakat was never meant to be payed for slaves captured.It is for Muslim slave who became debtor.

Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Zakat - WikiIslam

2- The expiation for accidental killing

Nope.

3- Zihar (a form of divorce that is forbidden)

Lol.This is again an optional arrangement for a muslim man if he wants to get back his wife Lol
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4- Breaking vows

Optional.

5- Having intercourse during the day in Ramadan

Now, that is considerate.Not boinking the women slave during day time in ramadan .

6- Muslims are also encouraged in general terms to free slaves for the sake of Allah.

Optional again.

Remember the whole chapter 8 is about enjoying BOOTY .

 

[awitch]

This is going to be one of those scripture waving contests, isn't it?

 

[Rationalt]

This is going to be one of those scripture waving contests, isn't it?

Yeah.You can go back watching those ducky cartoons unless you intend to read this.

 

[LoveBeingAMuslimah]

The Bible with the message of Jesus is way better than the Quran.

Did you leave Judaism.....or that all-encompassing religion?



Anyways, the inherent message that was revealed to Jesus is the same inherent message that was revealed to Muhammad (peace & blessings of Allaah be upon them both) by God.

 

[awitch]

Yeah.You can go back watching those ducky cartoons unless you intend to read this.

I'd rather read Vogon poetry than randomly-quoted, out-of-context scripture verses.

Have fun, kids. Let me know how many people change their opinion as to whose religion is worse, ok?

 

[Rationalt]

I'd rather read Vogon poetry than randomly-quoted, out-of-context scripture verses.

Is that some kind of ducky wisdom where you can comment on something which you won't read ?.That sounds stupid .

 

[simplegifts]

Christianity did a big 180 when they realized they were on the losing side of the slavery battle in the civil war. A convenient about face that we cannot ignore.

You should clarify that by stating southern Christianity.

Chattel slavery was not condoned.
Exodus 21
6 “Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death

Deuteronomy 23
15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.
16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Deuteronomy 24]
7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 16
10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.
11 You shall rejoice before him – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes

Deuteronomy 21
10 When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives 11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails. 13 and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. 14 If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

 

[Zoness]

It seems that Christians most have conveniently forgot about such scriptures during that era.

 

[simplegifts]

‘Imams promote grooming rings’, Muslim leader claims - Telegraph

‘Imams promote grooming rings’, Muslim leader claims
The Oxford grooming ring was promoted by imams who encourage followers to think white women deserve to be "punished", an Islamic leader has claimed.
Oxford sex gang. Left to right, top: Akhtar Dogar, Anjum Dogar, Kamar Jamil, Assad Hussain. Bottom: Mohammed Karrar, Bassam Karrar and Zeeshan Ahmed Photo: PA
By Hayley Dixon
10:33AM BST 16 May 2013
Dr Taj Hargey, imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation, said race and religion were inextricably linked to the recent spate of grooming rings in which Muslim men have targeted under-age white girls.
Earlier this week seven members of a child sex ring from Oxford were found guilty of forcing under age girls to commit acts of "extreme depravity".
Their victims, aged between 11 and 15, were groomed and plied with alcohol and drugs before being sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution. They targeted "out of control" teenagers.
Dr Hargey said that the case brought shame on the city and the community and is a set back for cross community harmony.
But worse still is the refusal to face up to its realities, he wrote in the Daily Mail.
The activities of the Oxford sex ring are "bound up with religion and race" because all the men - though of different nationalities - were Muslim and they "deliberately targeted vulnerable white girls, whom they appeared to regard as 'easy meat', to use one of their revealing, racist phrases", Dr Hargey said.
That attitude has been promoted by religious leaders, he believes. "On one level, most imams in the UK are simply using their puritanical sermons to promote the wearing of the hijab and even the burka among their female adherents. But the dire result can be the brutish misogyny we see in the Oxford sex ring."
People tiptoe around the issues and refuse to discuss the problems exposed by the scandals such as those "from Rochdale to Oxford, and Telford to Derby", he wrote.
In all cases the perpetrators were Muslim men and the victims were under age white girls.
To pretend it is not a problem is the Islamic community is "ideological denial", Dr Hargey said.
"But then part of the reason this scandal happened at all is precisely because of such politically correct thinking. All the agencies of the state, including the police, the social services and the care system, seemed eager to ignore the sickening exploitation that was happening before their eyes.
"Terrified of accusations of racism, desperate not to undermine the official creed of cultural diversity, they took no action against obvious abuse."
The men were allowed, he said, to come and go from care homes by the authorities, and if the situation had been reversed with gangs of white men preying on Muslim teenagers "the state's agencies would have acted with greater alacrity."
True Islam preaches respect for women but in mosques across the country a different doctrine is preached - "one that denigrates all women, but treats whites with particular contempt," the Imam said.
The men are taught that women are "second-class citizens, little more than chattels or possessions over whom they have absolute authority," he claims in the column.
"The view of some Islamic preachers towards white women can be appalling. They encourage their followers to believe that these women are habitually promiscuous, decadent, and sleazy — sins which are made all the worse by the fact that they are kaffurs or non-believers.
"Their dress code, from miniskirts to sleeveless tops, is deemed to reflect their impure and immoral outlook. According to this mentality, these white women deserve to be punished for their behaviour by being exploited and degraded."
Such cases can only be prevented in the future if Britain abandons the blinkers of political correctness, he concludes.

 

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It seems that Christians most have conveniently forgot about such scriptures during that era.

You should post some stats to support your statement.