ImanWire Podcast
ImanWire Podcast
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Ep. 78: Slavery and Islam Part 1: The Question of Slavery - Jonathan Brown
2 hour 3 minutes Posted Jul 29, 2024 at 11:09 pm.
Introduction
Why Discuss Slavery Now?
Challenges in Defining Slavery
The Problem of Talking About Slavery in World History
Projecting Assumptions On Others
The Ubiquity of Slavery in the Pre-Modern World
Slavery in 7th Century Arabia
Closing the Doors to Enslavement
The Emphasis on Emancipation
Female Slaves and Legitimacy of Children
Ethical Treatment of Slaves
The Zeal to Emancipate
Slaves of God, Slaves of Men?
The Legal Handicap of Slavery
Slavery is Harm
An Obsession to Free Slaves
Slavery in Muslim Civilization
Racialization and Slavery in Muslim History
Important Distinctions in Slave Populations Between the United States and the Muslim World
The Slavery Conundrum and the Moral Wrongness of Slavery
Horrors of Trans-Atlantic American Slavery
History of Abolitionism
Abolition in the Muslim World
Muslim Arguments Against Slavery
The Abolition of Slavery
Reconciling Tradition and Abolition
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Slavery might be considered a thing of the past, but the position of slavery in Islam continues to be an issue that many Muslims grapple with today. In this special four-part series of the ImanWire podcast, we approach this complex topic from several perspectives, beginning with a discussion with Dr. Jonathan Brown on the moral question of slavery, its place in Islamic law, and the diverse practices of it in Muslim history.
Dr. Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and author of several books, including "Slavery and Islam".
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