Re: Western powers banning slavery lead to decline of muslim power?
Slavery was NOT the creation or work of Islam. Neither did Islam depend on it to attain its supreme outreach that extended beyond Arabia. Islam emphasized the need for equal treatment for those who were already slaves, and even then stressed to free them.
Slavery was used as a vital tool by Christians of Europe, later Americans for extensive labor, cruel treatment, and often rape of the female slaves by their white master. While if an African slave was found to have had any relationship with the white woman, he would be punished severely.
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