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Slavery-Scourge imposed by Islam

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Submitted by surinder97 (United States), Apr 25, 2011 at 03:34

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1. A lot has been written about European Slave-Trade ( Trans-Atlantic slave-trade ), but hardly anything about slavery-nightmare of Islam, across Sahara, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and other places. European slave-trade lasted three centuries, Islamic slave trade held sway over 14 centuries, and still exists.

" If sh** ( that is, slavery ) happens, it is the will of Allah.," so say Moslems.

Islam is champion of slavery, due to Allah's will. Moslems brought Islam ( and Islamic-slavery ) to Africa in 7th century, and alongside came Islamic-slavery over Africans. Islam & slavery have meeting of minds.

2. Captivity-Contrast:

There is dissimilarity between European-Slavery & Islamic-Slavery. Two out of three Trans-Atlantic slaves were men. Two out of three slaves, in Islamic slave-trade, were women. Whereas Trans-Atlantic Slave-Mortality rate was 10%, Islamic Slave-Mortality rate was 80-90 %. Almost all Trans-Atlantic slaves were for agricultural work, all Islamic-slaves were for concubinage ( in harems ) & military service.

Many children were born to American slaves, their offspring survive in USA & South America. Very few Islamic-slaves survive, most were castrated, most children born to slave women were killed at birth.

3. Another striking contrast is the Total Absence Of Arab Abolitionists. While Europeans spearheaded slavery-abolishism movement, in Europe & North America ( British Navy intercepted slave-ships & set slaves free ), there was no comparable slavery-opposition, any where in the Islamic world.

Britain outlawed slave-trade in 1807, but despite British Naval activity, Moslem slave-trade & slave-abuse continued. Big boys of Islam were up to no good, during 14 centuries, their slave-trade exceeded 180 million African slaves.

Saudi-Arabia & Yemen in 1962, and Mauritania in 1980, begrudgingly removed Legalized-Slavery from their statutes. International organizations document that slavery still continues in these & other Moslem countries.

4. Reason for above contrast in captivity:

European people, even though they followed the Intolerant & Self-Righteous Abrahamic religion of Christianity, they were also the children of renaissance. They could see clearly that slavery is a relation of inequality, they set out to abolish it, as quickly as they could manage it.

Moslems, on the other hand, were sons of Bedouins, they were primitive, savages, and uncouth.They followed the teachings of Islam, which is based on the customs & rituals of uncivilized Bedouins. Their treatment of slaves was far far worse than the comparable treatment of European slaves. That is why all Hell broke loose on Islamic-slaves. About 80% of those captured by Muslim slave raiders died before reaching the slave markets.

The death toll from 14 centuries of the Muslim slave trade in Africa is estimated at over 112 million.

5. Castration of Islam's Black Male Slaves was common place.

Islamic teachers throughout the centuries consistently defended slavery: "For there must be masters and slaves." Islamists of Arabia & North Africa, were racists. Why else would they disallow Black-Slaves from having children ? Islamic teachers throughout the centuries consistently defended slavery:

Ibn Khaldun (1332 - 1406) the preeminent Muslim medieval historian and social thinker wrote: "The Negro nations are as a rule submissive to slavery because they have attributes that are quite similar to dumb animals."

6. Even as late as the 19th Century, in the city of Mecca there are few families that did not keep slaves, they also kept mistresses in common with their lawful wives."

When the Fatimids came to power, they slaughtered all tens of thousands of black military slaves and raised an entirely new slave army. Some of these slaves were conscripted into the army at age ten. From Persia to Egypt to Morocco, slave armies from 30,000 to up to 250,000 were commonplace.

7. The above contrast in captivity, between European-Slavery & Islamic-Slavery, unearths that:

" Islam is something evil. "

It is Not obvious, but slavery is the Mission Of Islam. Whosoever refused to accept Islam, was deported as a slave to the Moslem world. Many passages in the Quran, encourage enslavement of Kafirs ( Non-Moslem Infidels ). Not a Single Islamist-Intellectual, has advocated the cause of Black-Africans.

These are possibly some of the reasons, why 6 millions black-African Moslems are converting to Christianity, every year.

8. Religion is a competitive activity. Both Islam & Christianity, carry the baggage & impediments of slavery of Africans. Hinduism has no such drawback. Because of this, Hinduism has a real chance in the continent of Africa.

Inside areas of Western civilization, Christianity is disappearing FAST, and fear of Islam is terrifying. Hinduism is a logical choice for the West. West may be willing to give Hinduism a break.

But Hinduism needs to do things, that are fundamentally different from what it has done in the past. Hinduism needs to make a solid investment in the Missionary-Activity, particularly in the continent of Africa, but also in the West.

At the present time, Hinduism is moving towards Integral-Hinduism ( totally caste-less Hinduism ), but speed of this movement is slow, it needs to be accelerated.

A Real opportunity for Hinduism exists, in the continent of Afrca, to replace both Islam & Christianity.

Surinder Paul Attri

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