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I would disagree, in my mind the Barbary corsairs were continuing the practice set down from the times of the prophet Muhammed(pbuh) to Yaqub Saffari the conqueror of Afghanistan, to Ghori and Ghazni, to Qasim, to Nadir Shah, to Aurangzeb and to what is happening today in Sudan. When Qasim invaded Sindh, among the booty he sent back were Sindhi women.
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very sad to hear that u include people like auranzaib, nadir shah and muhammad b qasim with the ranks of sahaba and tabaeen.You need to take a closer look at how the pious caliphate became a kingship and all the badness that started with it.
To be honest it makes me think that in reality u are some islamophobe trying to malign our pious forefathers
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Infact, it is thought that the leader of the Zanj rebellion had a Sindhi grandmother. But thats an aside, what I would like to point out is that Islam had an unbroken record from the time of prophet Muhammed(pbuh) till around the mid-1900's, depending on the geographical area, of practicing slavery. It wasn't until the British sought to ban slavery that its practice was stopped in much of the muslim world, although the practice still continues in many pockets such as Sudan.
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like I said slavery in times of Prophet was very different from the exploitative instituion that was perpetuated by the various dynasties in the name of islam.
your approach is "end justifies the means" that is not the islamic way of thinking.
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How so brother? Were not these slaves gained in the same way i.e. through warfare? I'd be interested to know how you support the above contention
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as most of the wars after pious caliphate were not legal religious wars.Waging religious war is a big responsibility how can the fasiq and fajir rulers who dont enforce islam in their own lands justify their fighting with the nonmuslims in the name of islam? first duty is to enforce rigorous shariah in ur own lands
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Mutah and misyar marriages are radically different from concubinage. Again, if given the opportunity to capture or buy concubines, muslim men would more likely use this avenue to relieve their desires in a healthy and Islamic way than resort to prostitutes or pornography.
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no doubt but that will not be the ultimate solution.Owning slaves can also be a big boon for prostitution as for e.g I have enuf money to buy 20 slaves I can then 'rent" them to other clients and make huge profits
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Ofcourse, I'm not on a witch hunt here to remove all foreign influences, but I don't know how one can reconcile Muhammed(pbuh) and Montesquieu. It is akin to reconciling communism and capitalism. Islam is a different narrative to the one born in the French revolution, and has many aspects of it that are entirely opposed to it. There is no middle ground. Trying to bridge this gap will only cause problems such as those faced by the Afghan King Amanullah.
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what makes u think there is no middle ground? some basic human values in all revolutions whether communist , fascist or religious are the same.....just because u oppose tyrants aristocrats dosent make u a french revolutionary.And by the same logic the french kingship shud have ideals compatible with islam as they were opposed to the revolutionaries and owned slaves.
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Yes, but like I said earlier, these problems can easily be avoided. In honesty, this is a weak argument to not bring back slavery
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first bring back people of the character of those who lived around the times of prophet otherwise all such experiments will cause more problems then it will solve.
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Thats why we must reinstate islamic practices such as slavery and try to remove foreign influences that are against Islam like secularism.
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slavery is not a 'islamic " practice its a social practice allowed under islam.
Offcourse we shud NOT accept dictation by other powers but reintroducing slavery in this day and age is not in our own best interest.We need to do a lot of self-improvement before we can get to this stage.But I agree in theory I am not against slavery.