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The book evaluates arguments for and against abolition in Islamic contexts, including debates tied to extremist groups, and analyzes concubinage and consent as potential solutions to slavery’s ethical dilemmas. Structured across seven chapters with supporting appendices, notes, and a curated bibliography for source-based inquiry.","Preface  \nAcknowledgments  \nNotes on Transliteration, Dates and Citation  \nDedication  \nEpigraph  \nIntroduction  \n1 Does ‘Slavery’ Exist? The Problem of Definition  \n2 Slavery in the Shariah  \n3 Slavery in Islamic Civilization  \n4 The Slavery Conundrum  \n5 Abolishing Slavery in Islam  \n6 The Prophet & ISIS: Evaluating Muslim Abolition  \n7 Concubines and Consent: Can We Solve the Moral Problem of Slavery? Appendix 1  \nAppendix 2  \nAppendix 3  \nAppendix 4  \nAppendix 5  \nAppendix 6  \nImage Section  \nSelect Bibliography  \nNotes  \nWhenever I think of writing prefaces my first thought is always a flood of gratitude and the desire to express it sincerely and without the mediation of style. Gratitude to the God for my life, for all the blessings I’ve received. But when I’m on the road what I feel the strongest is immense appreciation for all the kind and hospitable souls who’ve hosted me, taken me in and guided me during my travels. And shame for not having reciprocated or kept in touch. Here in Sarajevo those people are too many for me to count with any ease. Faces and moments flood over me as I lean my head back against the wall in the courtyard. Gannady Vaziliev and Vadim Voronin, who hosted me for weeks in Moscow. In Tehran, the family of Faramarz Jahanbakhsh, who literally took me in – almost off the street – and let me live with them for months, refusing any payment. The brothers and friends on the train to Yazd who insisted I stay with them, and who took me to the mountain village of Taft for a BBQ. The cab driver in Rasht who let me sleep at his house when all the hotels were full. Hesham Benkirane and his family who brought me to their home in Tangier. Selda Kaplan’s kind mother in Kayseri who bought me new underwear (not that I needed it! Apparently, that’s something one does in Turkey) while her father made up for all the prayers he’d missed in his youth. The family in Jenne who let meand Charles Bartlett sleep on the roof of their house and served us millet porridge in the morning. The family of my old nanny Liberata who let us stay with them for days and days in Dakar. The mother in Jenin who invited me over and served me a huge lunch it must have taken her ages to prepare. Of course, Tariq, Rami, Iffat and their families in Cairo. The Alam Khan family, who picked Garrett and me up in a limo in Hyderabad and hosted us, arranging tours of Osmania University and whose noble and stylish patriarch inquired in a tone both imperious and endearing, ‘Brown! What do you want to do in Hyderabad?!’ I’m haunted by my failure to thank you all and remain in touch as I should. I long for forgiveness.  \nI go into my motivation for writing this book a bit in the Introduction, but here I’ll add a few mundane details. I had originally intended to write a series of online essays on slavery and Islam for the Yaqeen Institute, with  \nwhich I am associated, beginning in January 2017. I published one essay on the problem of defining slavery (the core of Chapter One of this book) and had a second one ready to go (it became Chapter Four and part of Chapter Seven), but I soon realized that this issue was simply too complicated and controversial to deal with piecemeal. In the meantime, Oneworld, a publisher with whom I had the wonderful experience of writing two books previously, suggested I do a whole book on the topic. During the spring semester of 2018 I taught an undergraduate course on Islam and Slavery, which helped me organize material and try out explanations with students. Iam grateful to Oneworld for the suggestion. And I wish the Çarşe Mosque were open. There the enormous, creeping rose vines loom around you on creaking trellises and fan you with hints of fragrance that are truly signs of the God. But this noticeably roseless mosque will do.  \nGhazi Husrev Beg Mosque Sarajevo, August 12, 2018  \nMore than any book I have written, this one is composed of the knowledge of others who were kind enough to aid me with their expertise. I am hesit","cbCaieoo5IxAmpj3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieoo5IxAmpj3","pdf",4373785,1,451,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Introduction\n# Does ‘Slavery’ Exist? 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