The skinny: Muslims were enslaving black Africans before the corpse of their pedophile prophet was even cold and probably before.
Europeans didn't even get the idea until the Portuguese started exploring Africa in the 15th century and were introduced to this sorry practice by Muslims.
Thanks. I want to study this in more detail.
It’s somewhat intellectually dishonest to blame the institution of race-based slavery of blacks on Muslims.
Islam has always been in favor of non-discriminatory slavery. Muslims enslaved people of all colors, raiding European ships and coastlines and into southeastern Europe well into the 18th century.
Muslims stopped enslaving white Europeans simply because Europe became too powerful and slave raids became unprofitable and dangerous. They (mostly) stopped enslaving black Africans because the powerful white Europeans forced them to, in an outrageous example of disrespect for the cultural traditions of the Other.