Thursday, February 22, 2007

Effective distribution mechanism

Britain abolished the slave trade 200 years ago this week. Its landmarks are an abiding legacy of cruelty - Read


Islam has long successfully abolished slavery. During Prophet time, Islam slowly and effectively had abolished slavery practiced in pre-Islamic Arabs via its distributive measures like zakat and several forms of penalty (i.e Penalty for a man who has sexual relationship during the day of Ramadhan is to free 60 slaves).

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