Slavery among Faiths

As a matter of historical records - the slavery once practiced in the Muslim world cannot be compared to the form it had assumed -- for instance  - in the Judo-Christian world. While both Judaism and Christianity allowed slavery - Islamic legislation subjected slave-owners to a set of precise obligations - first among which was the slave's right to life, for, according to a Hadith: Whoever kills his slave shall be killed by us. In consequence, the murder of a slave was punished like that of a free man.

Contrary to this - During Judaism and Christianity, slavery was at its highest peak in the Middle East.  People were enslaved and they and their children were inherited and passed down to generations forever. This tradition came from Leviticus 25:44-46 in the Bible's Old Testament, and further continued in the New Testament in 1 Timothy 6:1, 1 Peter 2:18, and Colossians 3:22.

Islam has tolerated slavery but has never approved of it, and that all its teachings and prescriptions in this regard lead to its alleviation as far as possible in the short term, and, in the longer term, conduce to its progressive suppression. To abolish it would have been impossible in a world in which it was generally practiced by all the states which bordered on the new Muslim empire, and in which the idea of challenging the principle itself had not occurred to anyone. It was the custom to enslave prisoners of war - when these were not simply massacred -- and the Islamic state would have put itself at a grave disadvantage vis-a-vis its enemies had it not reciprocated to some extent. By guaranteeing them humane treatment, and various possibilities of subsequently releasing themselves, it ensured that a good number of combatants in the opposing armies preferred captivity at the hands of Muslims to death on the field of battle.

The idea that entered Western consciousness several centuries ago, that black people are less than human, made possible the Atlantic slave trade, during which perhaps 40 million people died � Howard Zinn in �Declaration of Independence�.

In conclusion - Among all the religions it was only Islam that attacked the very foundations of this evil.

but at the same time they oppress infedels in shariah law for those who do not CONvert (not revert) to islam - jizya...for one

How much this �jizya� you think the Jews and Christians were paying, while owning most of land under Muslim rule in Spain?

dude...your theology is totally wrong when it comes to slavery....the very same thing can be said about your islam as you are claiming about christianity and judaism...

Can you prove that Rabbi?

here it is....in ALL 3 .... it was permitted...

Now some �anti-slavery verses from Talmud or OT, please!

blond wrote: The practice of Allah, has always been to manifest HIS Wisdom to the slaves and the oppressed, and not to those in power.

wow, and I thought God was for all people.

And it is also mentions that God guides those whom he wills.

Blond, you saying that Allah is not for all people is like saying that Islam is not for all people. And that Allah is only for/in Islam.

And also within islam you are saying that slaves and the oppressed is only for Allah not for other muslims.

I understand that 'muslim' means one who submits to Allah's will/slave to Allah's will but I feel that is not what you are implying here. One does not have to be oppressed either.