Talk:Slavery and Islam

How did we go from making Islam abolish slavery to Islam completely sanction it? Why no mention of the Prophet freeing his own slaves? What's going on here?

This article is redundant with Islam and slavery
This article is redundant with the pre-existing article on Islam and slavery. I recommend a merge of all verifiable, non-POV information, and a redirect. -- BD2412 talk 17:05, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

All verifiable/authentic information should be added to Islam and slavery & this should be deleted. Farhansher 18:26, 11 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Okay, what is factual/NPOV/worth merging on this page? Any votes? BrandonYusufToropov 18:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I don't think any of it relates to Islam. It singles out countries and regions that have large Muslim majorities, but does not make mention of what the Qu'ran says about slavery. That's like saying that because the Western world had millions of slaves at one time, Christianity is a religion that endorses slavery. Also, i'm guessing whoever wrote this had absolutely no idea how Islam or any other religions treat slavery (not saying that i do either). 'Islam means submission or slavery. The prophet Mohammad, often referred to himself in the Qu'ran as the slave of Allah.' Don't Christians (and for that matter, any god-fearing person) have to submit to their God? This article makes a point of saying that Islam means slavery. Very POV. Don't use any of it. Xunflash 20:18, 12 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Agreed -- this is one of the reasons we nominated it for a VfD. Couldn't find an objective syllable in the thing. BrandonYusufToropov 20:45, 12 July 2005 (UTC)


 * This article clearly came into being for all the wrong reasons. I am not a muslim, but this article stinks! Delete it! --itpastorn 21:12, 15 July 2005 (UTC)