Slavery and Islam

Autorentext
Jonathan A.C. Brown is Professor and Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Slavery & Islam, Misquoting Muhammad and Hadith: Muhammad s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World, all of which are published by Oneworld. He lives in Virginia.

Klappentext
The author of Misquoting Muhammad provides a thorough exploration of slavery from the perspective of Islam's authoritative texts as well as moral and philosophical debates on the subject.

Zusammenfassung
A thorough exploration of slavery from the perspective of Islam's authoritative texts as well as moral and philosophical debates on the subject

Inhalt
Preface Acknowledgments Notes on transliteration, dates and citation Introduction: Can We Talk About Slavery? What I Argue in this Book Apology for Slavery? Power and the Study of Slavery Blackness, Whiteness and Slavery 1 Does `Slavery Exist? The Problem of Definition The Main Argument Definition: A Creative Process Definition to Discourse: A Political Process Defining \ sl -v( -)r \: We Know It When We See It Defining Slavery as Status or a Condition Slavery as Unfreedom Slavery as Human Property Patterson & Natal Alienation Slavery as Distinction: The Lowest Rung & Marginality Slavery as Coercion & Exploitation under the Threat of Violence The Problem with Modern-Day Slavery Slavery & Islam A Very Political Question Conclusion: Of Course, Slavery Exists The Proper Terms for Speaking about `Slavery 2 Slavery in the Shariah What Islam Says about Slavery Ideals and Reality Slavery in the Quran & Sunna Inheriting the Near East Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern Laws versus Islam Islam s Reform of Slavery Basic Principles of Riqq in the Shariah The Ambiguities of Slavery in the Shariah Riqq & Rights in the Shariah Religious Practice Freedom of Movement Social and Political Roles Marriage and Family Life Right to Property Rights to Life and Physical Protection Summary: Law and Ethics 3 Slavery in Islamic Civilization What is Islamic Civilization? Is there `Islamic Slavery ? The Shariah & Islamic Slavery Muslims Enslaving Muslims The Classic Slavery Zone Consuming People & `Ascending Miscegenation Slave Populations Routes of the Muslim Slave Trade Blackness and Slavery in Islamic Civilization The Roles and Experiences of Slaves in Islamic Civilization The Slave as Uprooted Person and Commodity The Slave as Domestic Labor . . . Even Trusted Member of a Household Slave as Sexual Partner Slave as Saint, Scholar or Poet Slave as Elite Administrator & Courtesan Slave as Soldier When Soldiers often Ruled Slave as Rebel 4 The Slavery Conundrum No Squaring the Circle: The American/Islamic Slavery Conundrum Slavery is Evil The Intrinsic Wrongs of Slavery Religions and Slavery Minimizing the Unminimizable or Historicizing the Unhistoricizable Slavery is Slavery: The Problem of Labeling `Slavery with One Moral Judgment The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Unfreedom The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Owning Human Property The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Inequality The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as the Threat of Violence The Bald Man Fallacy and the Wrongness of Slavery When Slavery is `Not that Bad : The Problem with Conditions vs. Formal Categories Do Some People Deserve to be Enslaved? Or, Is Freedom a Human Right? The Past as Moral Authority: Can We Part with the Past? The Natural Law Tradition and Slavery Critics of Slavery and the Call for Abolition The Consequences of Moral Progress Muslim Efforts to Salvage the Past 5 Abolishing Slavery in Islam Is Abolition Indigenous to Islam or Not? Islam as Emancipatory Force An Alternative History Abolishing Slavery . . . For Whom? Concentric Circles of Abolition `The Lawgiver Looks Expectantly Towards Freedom Abolition as an Aim of the Shariah Doubling Down Progressive Islam & the Axiomatic Evil of Slavery Prohibited by the Ruler but Not by God: The Crucial Matter of Taqyid al-Mubah If You Can t Do it Right, You Can t Do it at All Prohibiting Riqq Poorly Done Same Shariah, Diff erent Conditions The Obsolescence or Unfavorability of Slavery Slavery: A Moot Point & Bad PR Defending Slavery in Islam 6 The Prophet & ISIS: Evaluating Muslim Abolition Do Muslim Approaches to Abolition Pass Moral Muster? A Consensus on Abolition Could Slavery in Islam ever be Unabolished? Abolition vs. ISIS This Author s Opinion 7 Concubines and Consent: Can We Solve the Moral Problem of Slavery? Species of Moral Change Moral Disgust at Slavery Today Conclusion & Crisis: Concubinage and Consent Consent and Concubines Disbelief is Unproductive Appendix 1 A Slave Saint of Basra Appendix 2 Enlightenment Thinkers on Slavery Appendix 3 Did the 1926 Muslim World Congress Condemn Slavery? Appendix 4 Was M riya the Wife or Concubine of the Prophet? Appendix 5 Was Freedom a Human Right in the Shariah? Appendix 6 Enslavement of Apostate Muslims or Muslims Declared to be Unbelievers Select Bibliography Notes Index

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