Hello, Many thanks for your efforts to answer my simple question. I will find the time to peruse through the suggested reading. I must however suggest that you bugger off to bed, as you must be thoroughly distraught by your earlier outpouring of energy. Besides your unwarranted fuss and mumbo-jumbo about my choosing another religion - as if you haven't understood that even one is too much for me - your appropriating my general question to the entire L as your own, is damn too unhealthy! Good evening, Sidibeh From: "Ginny Quick" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: Re: Question - Islam, Slavery > Hello, I've posted a couple of answers regarding Islam and slavery. > If you don't find the answers unpallitable to you, or not to your > liking, take it up with the people who run www.sunnipath.com, which is > where I got the answers from. If you find the Islamic position not > good enough for you, to the extent that you begin to question your > faith as a Muslim, then, as I said before when the topic of racism and > Arabs ( notice I didn't say Muslims ), came up, no one is compelling > you to be a Muslim. If Islam's position on certain issues causes you > so much pain, then either adopt another religion, or no religion at > all. Whatever you wish. The Quran, in fact, does state that there is > no compulsion in religion. So no one is forcing you to be a Muslim. > > At any rate, you're not going to force me into another argument > by asking seemingly pointed questions about slavery and Islam, yet > when Christianity is brought up, you don't even want to address that. > . > > Whether we like it or not, slavery has been a part of human > history, in one form or another. That's just how it is. It's just a > painful truth that I'm not going to deny. And yes, slavery still > exists today, in many different forms, > the BBC even did a documentary series about slavery in the modern > world or something like that. You might still be able to find it on > the BBC World Service site, via the documentary archive. > > As far as the Quran's stance on slavery, no it doesn't outright > condemn it, but neither does the Bible to my recollection. So as I > said, if Islam's stance on a particular issue causes you so much > trouble, then find another path... > > That's all I have to say on this issue, if you have any other > questions, go to SunniPath and ask them. I'm not going to sit here > and again make a total fool out of myself, as I've already done, or > have another "mental breakdown", as some have termed it, because I > allow people to bully me, or get under my skin, or make me angry! > Because if I allow anyone to do that to me, then I'm going to say > something else that I'm going to regret, which is said out of anger > and not reflective of my true positions. > > Ginny > > > On 7/30/05, Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Well great, but I have no idea whether or not slavery is condemned in the >> Holy Bible. But I would rather worry about Islam as of now. Not >> Christianity. >> >> Thanks, >> Sidibeh >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ginny Quick" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:14 PM >> Subject: Re: Question - Islam, Slavery >> >> >> > hello, I'll try to see what I can find... While we're on the subject, >> > is there anywhere in the Bible where slavery is condemned as an >> > abomination and an ungodly act? >> > >> > I know I read some articles regarding slavery and Islam, but I >> > need to find them again. I'll see what I can find. >> > >> > Ginny >> > >> > >> > >> > On 7/30/05, Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> Indeed, I am also Mulsim you know...well, at any rate I tend to think >> >> of >> >> myself as one eventhough I fail disastrously on the side of practice. >> But >> >> surely, that is a matter between me and Allah!? >> >> >> >> I have a simple question...(just beginning my summer holidays and a >> >> lot >> >> (sic!) of time suddenly on my hands). Can anyone tell me WHERE IN THE >> >> HOLY >> >> QURAN SLAVERY IS CONDEMNED OUTRIGHT as an abominable and ungodly >> >> practice? >> >> >> >> Cheers to All of You... >> >> Sidibeh >> >> >> >> $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B >> >> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >> Gambia-L >> >> Web interface >> >> at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> >> http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >> >> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Visit my blog at: http://GinnysThoughts.blogspot.com/ >> > >> > $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B >> > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >> > Gambia-L >> > Web interface >> > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> > >> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >> > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> > [log in to unmask] >> > $B$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (B >> > >> >> ���������������������������������������������������������� >> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >> Web interface >> at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask] >> ���������������������������������������������������������� >> > > > -- > Visit my blog at: http://GinnysThoughts.blogspot.com/ > Nr{n-yy-iv i ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤