Yes, it was much worse

Submitted by Alain Jean-Mairet (Switzerland), Jun 18, 2006 at 01:06

In Islam, slavery has been both a way to advance the Islamic domination (as a rule, only a believing slave "deserves" freedom) and an full-blown industry. And abolition of slavery never was discussed in Islam -- it was imposed on it, and still must be.

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