Re: Slavery in Islam
Hi,
I'm not sure if I've understand the point you're trying to make, but if you're imagining that "slavery" as understood in the American South, and "slavery" as understood in Islam is anyway comparable I think you're mistaken.
A great emphasis was placed on early Muslims freeing their slaves - this is not something we find in recent American-style slavery.
Muslims were in effect prohibited from enslaving free-men - the same cannot be said for American slavery.
Islam effectively cut off the input to the slavery system, along with very strong urging to free existing slaves.
The only possible remaining source would be prisoners-of-war.
Also, Islam clearly states that the "slave" has to have similar rights to that of a free-man. It's not even comparable to American slavery.
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