Interesting Take On Hitler / Religion/ Bush By M. Farrell

australia, there are a number of places in America where you wouldn't be safe with one of those either. Some Detroit suburbs come to mind as well as several neighborhoods in Harlem and other African-American enclaves in major cities.

How can they be so stupid in this day and age?

Name me one thing as loony as that. I mean, even if you get 100 virgins, what are you going to do with them? Your penis has been blown into a million bits by the bomb they used.

Who says that?

Amongst the things in this world which do not compute or make any kind of sense to me, the idea of a black person wanting to be a muslim is real close to the top of the list. You'd think that any sort of contact with history books would cure the condition.

gungasnake wrote:

Amongst the things in this world which do not compute or make any kind of sense to me, the idea of a black person wanting to be a muslim is real close to the top of the list. You'd think that any sort of contact with history books would cure the condition.

That remark would seem to indicate a rather large gap in the commentator's familiarity with either history or geography, to say nothing of philosophy ... all of which would, of course, explain why that individual might have difficulty coming to grips with the concept.

ABSTRACT



Islam institutionalized slavery. Muhammad began to take slaves after he moved to Medina, and had power. Slaves were usually taken in raids on nearby Arab tribes, or war, either through offensive or defensive actions. Islam allows the taking of slaves as "booty", or reward for fighting. This has led to numerous "jihads" by Muslim states and tribes to attack other non-Muslim groups and obtain slaves. Islamic jurisprudence laid down regulations for the proper treatment of slaves. However, abuses have occurred throughout history.







INTRODUCTION



The West is familiar with the history of slavery in the new world. It was sinful and terrible, and it lasted for several hundred years. And it was abolished mainly through the efforts of Christians in England (Wilberforce, Clarkson) and America (the Abolitionists, primarily Protestant).



However, few people in the west know about Islam and slavery. Most would be surprised that Islam authorizes the taking of slaves as spoils of war. From the days that Muhammad drew his sword to rob and conquer non-Muslims to this very day, Muslims have been taking non-Muslims, and even other black Muslims, as slaves.



Muslims were enslaving black Africans long before any slave ships sailed for the New World. Muslims were taking and making slaves all over the lands they had conquered. Later, when slave ships were loaded with black slaves, often, a Muslim slave broker had the human cargo all ready to go. The white Southerners rarely had to go into inland to capture slaves, they were already waiting there, courtesy of some Muslim ruler, and/or slave broker! In many cases, if the black slaves were not sent to the New World, they were sent to the Mideast to be enslaved by Arabs, or kept by other black Muslims as slaves....

The Condemnation of Slavery in Islam

Among many other misconceptions about Islamic is the notion that it gives sanction to slavery and permits its followers to enslave prisoners of war, particularly women and establish extra-marital relations with them. We strongly affirm that Islam has not the slightest link with slavery and concubinage. On the contrary, it completely forbids these practices. It is quite outrageous to associate such barbarities with a religion revealed to upgrade humanity.

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Where?

What is happening in Sudan is hardly to be blamed on Islam, rather it should be blamed on the warlords perpetrating the crimes.

It's the equivalent of saying that our actions in Iraq are to be blamed on Christianity.