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Islaam and Slavery

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  • Mohammed is Gay 10 years ago

    Islam is shit

  • Lawson 10 years ago

    From what you say Islam accepts slavery and advocates granting slaves their freedom as a punishment or fine when their owner transgresses . Islam from what you say dosn't recognize the fact that ALL are equal ! Don't try to ...
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  • Kman 10 years ago

    Well said.

  • malik 10 years ago

    If this is today’s Christianity, then such Christianity was founded in what is believed to be the writings of St. Paul' NOT Jesus. However St. Paul said “I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11".

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  • GOD BLESS ISRAEL 10 years ago

    NO COMMENT

  • AWAL 10 years ago

    Shocking Additions in the Bible

    Today we have over 5700 manuscripts copies of the 27 books in the New Testament. Bible manuscripts scholars says that no two are identical; in fact more than 3000 manuscripts were discovered ...
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  • JOEMOORE 10 years ago

    Slavery started from ARAB, Egypt before white man came to african.the arabian histry told us that A BLACK MAN was made by God as slave to serve the arabians or white man or white skin.Remenber there is black skin in arab or n ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    Just to add to what you wrote.

    Of course, I shall re-post my 2-series article which broached the subject. Instead of informed, scholarly comments, Akadu, that shallow scum of Ghanaweb, led the Brotherhood of Nitwits to un ...
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  • Al-Hassan 10 years ago

    Dear Sir, you seem not to have read the first part of my article properly. You probably just browsed thru it due to the set of mind you have. But if you come out of the box and read it again, I am putting it that ARABISM does ...
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  • mohammed 10 years ago

    Islam came to clean the vice of slavery in a peaceful manner. Read the logic properly. Slavery existed before the advent of Islam.

  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    This is a review of the main themes in the debate about slavery in Africa. It therefore appears eclectic, esp. to anyone not familiar with the issues touched upon.

    THE SCOURGE OF ISLAMIC SLAVERY AND VIOLENCE IN AFRICA
    PAR ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    THE SCOURGE OF ISLAMIC SLAVERY AND VIOLENCE IN AFRICA
    PART 2
    Long ago these exchanges occurred:

    On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, Andy-K wrote:

    > That most (Arabs) Muslims today are ignorant of the atrocities committed in the na ...
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  • Hassan 10 years ago

    Forget ego issues and embrace the truth,and I think counter ideas should be directed to the points made by the author,and this is supposed to be a platform where truth battles it out with truth,the only difference is what the ...
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  • majeed 10 years ago

    The entire drama of Christianity is taken form the pagan mystery religions of Egypt, Rome and Greece. Here are similarities between the Egyptian god Horus and Jesus.
    1. Sirius, the morning star of Egypt, heralded the birth o ...
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  • Paul 10 years ago

    Shiiiiiiit on your face. Go to muslim countries and see what is happening there. You dont respect women and their rights. Even in the mosque you dont respect them. Wicked people.

  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Do a google search about Islam and you will see how they treat their fellow AFricans...EVEN THEIR FELLOW AFRICAN MUSLIMS.

  • RAJ -LONDON 10 years ago

    The author started by making clear the difference between an Arab and a Muslim. The Arabs may not be kind to other people, but Muslims and Islam preaches peace, love and equality. Treat the article dispassionately

  • RAJ -LONDON 10 years ago

    Muslims respects women than any other Religion, we treat them with dignity, just bcos they are not allowed to dress and expose their vital parts like you allow your women to do does not mean disrespect. Even the bible preache ...
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  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 10 years ago

    Prostitution,intoxicants and other crimes.please stop insults and deal with AHENKWA ANB TROIKOSSI thanks.

  • baba 10 years ago

    at paul christianity form of women's right as being preach is to allow them to walk naked or semi naked,use them as the subject of all evils like miss world,miss nude etc,no wonder women wear mini skirt to churches.

  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    That's what Muslims are good at. Raping African slaves (both men and women) and killing people for Mohammed.

  • Mohammed 10 years ago

    can you proof what your are saying. if not seek Allah's forgiveness

  • yakubu 10 years ago

    before you comment on the above, you must have an iota of knowledge about the religion.

  • GIDEON 10 years ago

    IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE, HOW COME YOUR PROPHET HAD MANY SLAVES, SOME OF WHOM HE RAPED. THE QURAN IS THE ONLY RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE ON EARTH THAT DOES NOT ONLY PERMIT SLAVERY BUT ALLOWS THEIR MASTERS TO RAPE THEM. AGAIN, EVERY ...
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  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 10 years ago

    Dear brother in humanity GIDEON,prophet Muhammad peace be upon him is your prophet too.you choose to follow Paul,because the word Christianity doesn't exists.is not divine,prophet EESSAH(JESUS)PEACE BE UPON HIM.never-ever kno ...
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  • town boy 10 years ago

    To hell with that your paedophile prophet.

  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    It is acceptable to rape your slave in Islam. That is why the Arabs are raping hundred of East African men and women.

    It is 100% true that you people are demonic and blood thirsty.

  • mohammed 10 years ago

    Leave Mr. Kwame to his mode. you cannot wake a person who is not sleeping. However, if this is just to anger others let him remember that there is no compulsory in religion. Be ready to defend not just your ignorance in the d ...
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  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 10 years ago

    BLACKS VS BLACKS DEAL WITH THAT.NOT INSULTS.

  • babangida from nyohini 10 years ago

    i think my christian (PAUL AND GIDEON)COMMENTS AGAINST ISLAM IS PREJUDICE, ON THE GROUNDS THAT PROPHET MOHAMMED(S.A.W) NEVER HAD MANY SLAVES.I WANT TO CATEGORICALLY STATE THOSE THAT WHERE FOLLOWING HIM WHERE BELIEVERS OF ISLA ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Fuck Arabs. Fuck Islam. Fuck Mohamed the paedophile. Fuck Al-Qaida. Fuck Al-Shabab. Fuck Boko Haram. Fuck your terrorists. Fuck Somalia. Fuck you love of Jihad and slaughtering the innocent for Allah.

    Go rape your slaves l ...
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  • RAJ -LONDON 10 years ago

    May the good Lord forgive your soul, before you visit your GRAVE, Amen

  • Mohammed 10 years ago

    My brother Arabs and Islam is not synonymous. Islam is against killing innocent people all these associations or organizations you have mention is not in the religion Islam. I will advice you to do your research well.

  • Mohammed 10 years ago

    Please where in the Qur'aan are you referring to? give us the references.
    May Allah forgive you your sins and guide you to right path

  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 10 years ago

    Dear Brother in Islaam,please go to The Permanent Committee For Islaamic Research and Fataawa(Al-Lajnah ad-Daa-'imah).and see or ask about These Three words,HOLY?CHAPTER?AND VERSE? may ALLAH.make our ends to be better than th ...
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  • baba 10 years ago

    at mohammed is gay,thank God you will not see any muslim who will insult your jesus.any way i am never surprise because hatred and ignorance is what christians are being taught so they alway run away from reality.their ment ...
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  • marg 10 years ago

    @baba, I dont know why the author wrote this but if christians are being thought to hate, they would be killing like the moslems do.If a former muslim convert to other religion, his own relatives wants to kill him/her. No fre ...
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  • Kwesi Adam 10 years ago

    What about the jizya tax levied on non-Muslim citizens, in an Islamic state. Is it not a form of slavery. Stop re-writing your history; we are not kids.

  • baba 10 years ago

    at gideon u are the most stupid person in the world,i dont blame u because in churches u are drilled only to hatred and alway run from the truth.islam prohibited slavery more than thousand years before your wicked christian m ...
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  • babangida from nyohini 10 years ago

    THIS GUYS NEED TO SEEK FORGIVES BEFORE THEY PASS ON . MAY ALLAH PARDON YOU FOR YOUR WORDS,YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING OUT OF IGNORANT (PAUL AND GIDEON).

  • MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 10 years ago

    BLACKS VS BLACKS DEALS WITH THAT.AND STOP INSULTS.

  • Kweku Adjaloo 10 years ago

    Brilliant post! I was just reading about some amazing scientific facts found in the Holy Quran which, to me, authenticates the religiosity and Holiness of the book.

    First, the Big bang theory is found in the Holy Quran. Go ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Muslims are the biggest terrorists. You people drink infidel blood for Mohammed. We Ghanaians never know when your terrorist brothers in Somalia and Afghanistan will tell you to murder us for Jihad.

    ALSO ARABS AND ISLAM IS ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    The slavery at the hands of Arabs was worse than that of White Europeans.

    Arabs would use African women as SEX SLAVES. They would repeatedly rape their female slave. That is why Arabs have 15% African blood.

    For AFRICAN ...
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  • SYLLAH 10 years ago

    We dont Need instructions from any One, we Act when we See plain disrespect. Or Human bahaving like an Animal then he Need to be slauterd as u are been doing noun i dont think u are a Human so those u called names will get to ...
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  • baba 10 years ago

    at kwesi,and in the west why are non citizens paying higher tax than the citizens.

  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    THEY DO THIS ALL THE TIME. fuck islam. FUCK ISLAM AND FUCK ARABS.

    Do a google search for:
    saudi african slave rape

    You will find HUNDREDS of articles. These men will even rape other men. FUUCCKKKK ISLAM!

  • baba 10 years ago

    Genesis 19:33-34,And the lord our God delivered him before us,and we smote him and his sons,and all his people,and we took all his cities at that time,and utterly destroyed the men,and the women and the little ones of every c ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Yes. The Hebrews killed everyone. The Muslims would not kill the women and children. Instead you took them and raped them repeatedly. You also would castrate the men. Even their penis. You people are truly evil...and HOMOSEXU ...
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  • marg 10 years ago

    I think every country has it past. But now trying to make ammends. Islam believes in the torah. But Islam wants to use those old things in the torah today against people who are not at war. God told those things to the jews, ...
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  • Juuna@YILONAAYILI 10 years ago

    I don't know why most MUSLIMs don't insult Christians but some ignorant christians do? May ALLAH(swt) open ur eyes to see de truth. We muslims believe in all de Prophets of ALLAH(swt). Thus, if you don't believe in our Holy P ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Are you going to Boko Haram, Al-Shabab, Al-Qaida, suicide Bomb me for insulting Islam?

    You people drink blood instead of beer.

  • SYLLAH 10 years ago

    Whats Ur expectation, who so ever cant defends his Patent from any Attack or an insult is Not wealth being on this Planet. And for u to know Islam is above any Thing on this Earth

  • BOYE 10 years ago

    Slavery still exit or practice in the ilsmic world.In Africa countries like Mauritania still sell balcks although the Un protested against it.The small black population in Morroco,Sudan,Egypt,Tunisia,Saudi&others in other Isl ...
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  • Kofi Kwame Kwabena Kwaku Kwesi Kojo 10 years ago

    Not only do they still sell slaves. They treat their black slaves worse than animals. It's really horrible.

  • baba 10 years ago

    at kwesi if u say saudi prince is like saying prince of england,but say the pope and we know christianity come to mind,they fuck asses and even that of children.

  • baba 10 years ago

    this christians are the most ignorant coward that one can come accross,barely a week ago when article on slave was publish here that has something to do with christianinity,they pretended not to have seen the article and went ...
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  • Jerry Sodeman 10 years ago

    It appears to me that the author is a Muslim. I have very little confindence in the accuracy of "history" as recounted by Muslims. The Bible teaches against lying much much more than the Quran. There is just too much propo ...
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  • hi 10 years ago

    it looks most of you guys did not take your to time to read the initial page of the ARTICLE,the writer indicated that-there is the difference between an ARAB and ISLAM.we have Arab christian and we also have western Muslims,A ...
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  • GIDEON 10 years ago

    YOU CAN'T BLAME CRIMES COMMITTED BY CHRISTIANS ON CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST AND THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, ETC. GENERATION CHRISTIANS NOR THE BIBLE NEVER COMMITTED OR ENCOURAGED THAT. THE FACT OF ISLAM IS THAT YOUR PROPHET AN ...
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  • GOD BLESS ISRAEL 10 years ago

    NO MORE COMMENTS

  • CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN 10 years ago

    WHY ARGUE IT IS WRITTEN IN STONE

  • baba 10 years ago

    during prophet mohammed's(s.a.w) era,here were three major groups,the idolators,the jews and the christians.it was idolators who tortured muslims in mecca and they escape to madina,but they still pursue them which resulted in ...
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  • JOEMOORE 10 years ago

    why the kenya terrorist kill only the christians and let the muslem go?? an islamic killing group? is that not a target to christianity???

  • babs 10 years ago

    and why american christians bomb and kill only muslim nation.

  • Freedom 10 years ago

    When you see muslim women covering their bodies with that black cloth under the hot sun what will you say? Is it not slavery? My brother stop being a muslim and be saved. Stop being violent. Jesus loves you.

  • Hassan 10 years ago

    Jesus,Heavenly Or Earthly?

    At the time of Jesus some of The Children of Israels' envisioned a Christ who will destroy the Romans and set them free. In fact, they had a history of accepting prophets who gave them material a ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    It is an undeniable fact that the main supporters of Islamic terrorism are Arab monarchies and the monarchies in those countries do not respect the dignity of a Negro. At time we ask ourselves why should NATO team up with tho ...
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  • GIDEON 10 years ago

    YOU CAN'T REFUTE THE DIVINITY OF THE CHRIST. YOUR ISLAMIC CLERICS HAVE TRIED BUT TO NO AVAIL, EXCEPT TO ACCUSE CHRISTIAN OF CHANGING THE BIBLE TO MAKE JESUS APPEAR AS GOD. YOUR POINT IS USELESS BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSE ...
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  • concern ghanian 10 years ago

    WHAT YOU SAYING IS NOT WHAT YOU PEOPLE PRACTISE. I WANT YOU TO CHECK ANY COUNTRY THAT MUSLIMS ARE THE MAJORITIES, INDONESIANS THAT WORKS IN THAT YOUR KINGDOM SAUDI, AND HOW YOU PEOPLE TREAT WOMEN.

  • concern ghanian 10 years ago

    WHO IS THIS ALLAH? MALAYSIA COURT RULE THAT YOU HAS TO BE MUSLIM TO CALL ALLAH, NON-MUSLIMS STOP CALLING ALLAH BECAUSE THEY REFARE ALLAH AS GOD. SO NOW ALLAH IS WHAT IN ENGLISH? LISTING TO BBC NOW!

  • Experienced ghanaian 10 years ago

    I have lived in Malaysia 10years and I know the people and the situation and the religions well.

    All I would say is that I wish you had lived a while in Malaysia. That Allah Issue in Malaysia is NOT about Allah or about Go ...
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  • Silent Majority Rep 10 years ago

    Please can we leave our Lord Jesus out of this. I suggest the we Christians propagate the gospel instead of engaging in unnecessary debates and arguments.

    "For God so loved the world He gave his only begotten son that who ...
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  • inusah adams 10 years ago

    masha allah,tanx and may allah reward you good

  • babs 10 years ago

    if God sacrifies innocent soul in a cursed and embarrancing manner against his will just because of apple,where then is the love.

  • babs 10 years ago

    if God sacrifieced innocent soul in a cursed,violence and
    embarrasing manner just because of apple some people ate,where then is His love.

  • babs 10 years ago

    to those christians insulting, i dont blame them because they believe somebody died for their sin no need to worry about commiting sin.

  • messa 10 years ago

    WE KNOW THAT ISLAM AND AFRICAN MUSLIMS ARE NOT NESSESARELLY VIOLANT LIKE ARABS OR IRANIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.THE PROBLEM IS RADICAL ISLAM THAT PREACE HATE ,BLOOD AND KILLING
    FOR NO RESON WHICH IS A SIN AGAINST THE ALLMIG ...
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  • babs 10 years ago

    it is a shame that when similar topic was publish here a week ago the christians went into hidding and they r now resurfacing.

  • salop_GUY 10 years ago

    This article completely fails to show how islam diminished slavery, much less "tackled the problem with a view to eliminating it". Happily you have made such a cock up while trying to ignore the evil and outrage that has been ...
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  • Abubakar 10 years ago

    Thanks iddris for this informatoin do not be discorouged by the some bad comments. i wish you well

  • Grand Mufti Imam America 10 years ago

    Say what you wnt to say ISLAM ist the most truthful religion.