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Islam and the Abolition of Slavery (edition 2006)

by William Gervase Clarence-Smith

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This is an amazing, scholarly work on the complex history of slavery in Muslim countries. Clarence-Smith presents many different points of view, keeping his objectivity and scholarly standards intact. I love how he ends every chapter with 'unresolved issues', makes you want to run off and write a doctoral dissertation. Almost. The last chapter ends with brief overviews of the history of slavery in Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu majority countries.

I highly recommend this book!! ( )
  nabeelar | Jul 5, 2011 |
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This is an amazing, scholarly work on the complex history of slavery in Muslim countries. Clarence-Smith presents many different points of view, keeping his objectivity and scholarly standards intact. I love how he ends every chapter with 'unresolved issues', makes you want to run off and write a doctoral dissertation. Almost. The last chapter ends with brief overviews of the history of slavery in Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu majority countries.

I highly recommend this book!! ( )
  nabeelar | Jul 5, 2011 |
In this important book, Clarence-Smith provides the first general survey of the Islamic debate on slavery. Sweeping away entrenched myths, he hopes to stimulate more research on this neglected topic. He draws on examples from the "abode of Islam", from the Philippines to Sengal and from the Caucasus to South Africa, paying particular attention to the period from the late 18th century to the present. Once slavery had disappeared, it was the Sufi mystics who did most to integrate former slaves socially and religiously, avoiding the deep social divisions that have plagued th Western societies in the aftermath of abolition. ( )
  HurstPub | Nov 5, 2010 |
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