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Default Re: Islam and Salvery - 02-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Keltoi View Post
Islam as a religion might have frowned upon slavery in word, but Muslims were deeply involved in the slave trade, the same as almost everyone else in the past. It was about money, as most evils are.
Indeed. Islam actually gave the slaves rights and then went on to later abolish it (it was done through gradual stages)
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