To: Dallas59
In Bernard Lewis' book "What went wrong," he catalouges this very issue. Since slavery is mentioned Koran with Muhammed's approval up till recently the thought of outlawing slavery was akin to sacrilige. It took the might of WESTERN British Empire to cut that nonsense off.
7 posted on
11/09/2003 10:47:51 AM PST by
KantianBurke
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: KantianBurke
Slavery in Saudi was only abolished in 1968
12 posted on
11/09/2003 10:52:54 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you ought, perform without fail what you resolve.)
To: KantianBurke
"It took the might of WESTERN British Empire to cut that nonsense off." Yup, the Brits stationed the most powerful fleet in the world off the African coast to stop slavery.
27 posted on
11/09/2003 11:42:51 AM PST by
blam
To: KantianBurke
It took the might of WESTERN British Empire to cut that nonsense off. It did?
Why, then, does it still exist?
38 posted on
11/09/2003 1:25:43 PM PST by
Publius6961
(40% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
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