Sorry, i didn't understand. The world didn't have Islam, meaning? what does this Islam you are referring to was supposed to do in your opinion? and what do you mean by Islam? the religion, the people, the governments, the scholars, what exactly are you referring to because it seem vague to me.
OK i think you are toying with me, but let me recap:
When i say Islam i mean the Quran ,Hadith and Sunnah which explicitly details the conditions and treatment of slaves and their emancipation, I have heard varying statements from Muslims that range from there was no slavery to there was slavery but it was somehow benign.
It seems there was the wholesale abduction of peoples from Africa and Europe to be used as slaves in the Muslim World and it went on for Hundreds and hundreds of years.
Now it seems to me that its either condoned in Islam or it isnt so which is it?
Take a look at this:
The abolition movement starting in 19th century in England and later in other Western countries influenced the slavery in Muslim lands both in doctrine and in practice.[2] One of the first religious decrees comes from the two highest dignitaries of the Hanafi and Maliki rites in the Ottoman Empire. These religious authorities declared that slavery is lawful in principle but it is regrettable in its consequences. They expressed two religious considerations in their support for abolition of slavery: "the initial enslaving of the people concerned comes under suspicion of illegality by reason of the present-day expansion of Islam in their countries; masters no longer comply with the rules of good treatment which regulate their rights and shelter them from wrong-doing."[2]
According to Brunschvig, although the total abolition of slavery might seem a reprehensible innovation and contrary to the Qur'an and the practice of early Muslims, the realities of the modern world caused a "discernible evolution in the thought of many educated Muslims before the end of the 19th century."[2] These Muslims argued that Islam on the whole has "bestowed an exceptionally favourable lot on the victims of slavery" and that the institution of slavery is linked to the particular economic and social stage in which Islam originated. According to the influential thesis of Ameer Ali, Islam only tolerated slavery through temporary necessity and that its complete abolition was not possible at the time of Muhammad.[2]
According to Brockopp, some modern interpreters have accused the medieval interpreters of having subverted the Qur'an's demand for manumission contracts (see Mukataba). They have used the dramatic change in the institution of slavery in the seventh and eighth centuries to argue that the Qur'an would not have condoned the slaving practices common in Islamic history. Others have argued that the original intent of the Qur'an, when understood properly, was to abolish slavery altogether (cf. Arafat, Attitude).[14]
The idea that Islam only tolerated slavery due to necessity has to some extent found its way into the circle of the Ulema.[14] It has been unable to gain support among the Wahhabis.[2
Islamic views on slavery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maybe you could give me your view on it. I mean if the Quran sets out social justice what went wrong here then? or did nothing go wrong and slavery was acceptable?
