Islam and the Abolition of Slavery
Contemporay debates about Muslim slavery occur in a context of fierce polemics between Islam and other belief systems. While Islamic groups had an ambivalent and generally muted impact on the legal repudiation of slavery, a growing religious commitment to abolition was essential if legislationwas to be enforced in the twentieth century. Drawing on examples from the whole 'abode' of Islam, from the Philipines to Senegal and from the Caucasus to South Africa, Gervase Clarence-Smith ranges across the history of Islam, paying particular attention to the period from the late 18th century tothe present. He shows that sharia-minded attempts to achie…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-522151-0
- EAN: 9780195221510
- Produktnummer: 37637869
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.3 cm 513 g
- Gewicht: 513
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