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The slave trade is known as one of the major sins of the West, as taking care of his critics, especially Muslim ones, indicate day and night. Recently, began the anti - Islamic Arabs traded mention West African slaves long before vogue car (and after) the Europeans. Is the Muslim slave trade is similar to the European slave trade, and if not, what the differences between them? As we shall see, enlightenment of the West has become the European slave trade in many cruel, but also brought about the end. What is the connection how we sweetening our tea, and counting calories?
Last Sunday I decided to take a pause from an exhausting research in London, and went to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to hear the latest news from the front of the clowns and eccentrics usually listed there. This time, unlike the last visit, was absent from the preacher accused the Freemasons (and Jews) in all the world's problems, and the stage remained favorable and anti-Islamic demagogues - Islamic butting heads with each other. Whole bunch Ballet vogue car Black Nazarene preacher, Israeli flag behind him, not merely Muslims battering down the terrible sin, not faith in Jesus, in fact, it added to the repertoire blame interesting sounding more and more recently in the anti - Muslim in the West: Muslim invented black slavery. They are the first enslaved blacks in Africa, and only white man imitating them later (and for a shorter time). Speech, as expected triggered an angry response from Muslim apologists audience, competing with the preacher vogue car Who's scream louder. " Most of them were impressive even less of it: loud one, a young ice with blazing eyes denied incredible ignorance, Muslims ever enslaved vogue car anyone. Then after a few minutes off claiming his S"hild bored ", and a third - a black Muslim from Ghana - merely muttering verses from the Koran.
As usual in the Speakers' Corner in Hyde - Park, inflammatory discourse on all sides not possible to conduct a genuine debate. But the question raised by the Black Nazarene preacher is interesting. Taking a step back, away from the fervor and accusations echo - Islamophobia hominem one hand, and the other evil, is there really complain? What similarities and differences between slavery in the Muslim world, and the Atlantic slave trade infamous affair ended only with the abolition of slavery in the Civil War in the United States? The answer, as usual, is complex. Two forms of slavery, vogue car like slavery that were similar course that made humans goods, and more - all of which were points that stood out for its cruelty. vogue car But - and here lies the irony of all: the slave trade West was, in the end, cruel and destructive than that in the Arab - Muslim, not because vogue car of the barbaric West, "as trying to show that Muslims and apologists theirs, but just the opposite: he was more cruel because enlightenment of the West.
Without a doubt, the Islamic slave trade lasted longer. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the global slave's thriving Baghdad, Cairo and North Africa, where sold not only blacks, but anyone who is not a Muslim by birth and had the misfortune kidnapped or captured: Caucasians and Central Asiiatim, whites from Europe (including English and Irish), Armenian, Balkans and much more. Number of black slaves kidnapped from Africa is controversial among researchers, a small number of the millions (from the eighth to the twentieth century) the lowest estimate, to 25 million in the strictest. Clear, however, that in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the number of blacks who were kidnapped dramatically, due to the slave business sectors of Ottoman authorities and their wards Horn of Africa. In some Muslim countries initiated trade discontinued Western colonial occupiers (Western countries, most of which, abolished slavery in the nineteenth century), but in some places he went deep into the twentieth century. Qatari sheikhs who were present, for example, at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, arrived with a retinue of slaves, and Saudi Arabia were many slaves until the seventies. Mauritania, to date, there is an unofficial slave trade, as in other countries - such as Sudan.
As the Western slave trade (which Muslim apologists point trying to deny) the Arab slave trade also established its legitimacy (especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, but even before), the racist approach - seeing blacks as inferior inherent Arabs. This is clearly evident with the Arab legends - always a good measure for examining moods. See, for example, the following passage from tales of the Arabian Nights. So says the black slave, the poor but strong, attractive, beautiful woman and rich Arab woman (his mistress force slave hibernate but in practice):
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The quote is enchanted boy's Tale. " Illustrated manuscript of the tales of the Arabian Nights. This legend, like many other legends file, blacks are sexually appealing, but dangerous: wild brutal and unscrupulous inferior but hate-filled, lurking in the darkness to pledged their Arab masters and sometimes even kill them. In practice, the situation was reversed. Muslim slave markets were very cruel places. Western traveler who came to Zanzibar in 1811 described in detail how potential buyers check the physical condition of the slaves as inspecting horses, and how traders human cargo anointed with coconut oil - to make them look shiny and healthy. The slaves were all associated with handcuffs. The play was, he said, touching heart.
But still, loathing that accompanied the Muslim slave trade was not a science-loathing. Race theory was not Islamic countries. Black slaves could, if fortunate for them, to be sold to the army, to advance and become generals and warlords, in some cases, even the rulers. Sometimes, if they would have been for Mr. Rich and good-natured, their living conditions were much better than those of most of the free people. vogue car Quran gave slaves M