Musa,
A very interesting piece. This sounds like some revisionist trying to
portray Arab slave traders in good light simply because they brought Islam
along while shopping for slaves. Highlighting the economic differences
between the slave economy of 18th-19th century America and the Middle East
does not change the fact Islam never launched a campaign to eradicate the
practice (please educate me if it did). A slave in Buckingham Palace and a
slave in Mauritania are both equally slaves. The lasting psychological
impact of the institution of slavery (that goes through generations) cannot
be ignored by just concentrating on the physical treatments of slaves.
Trying to do so is disengenous at best. Unless my Islamic studies class at
Nusrat High School was a total fabrication, the same people who brought
Islam south of the Sahara were not exactly unconnected with the
Trans-Saharan slave trade.



Ousman





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