09-15-2004, 05:21 PM
Quote:Allah Say made u into nations and tribes, then specified who is the most respected in the eyes of Allah as the most pious. If people do other wise or mistreat people because of race, culture or whatever this is not Allah's or Prophet MOhamed's (SAW) fault it is theirs.
Yeh i've continued reading the Islam and slavery book i'm on, and it seemed very very few muslims back then actually followed gods word. Thus the trade in Black slaves continued, sure it was a long time ago, forget it people say etc. But it still hurts deep down as a person of African origin but yeh, history is part of what i study so i'm always going to come across this. You would just imagine god fearing people such as the ancient Muslims would rigidly have stuck to gods words and freed the slaves, instead of continuing trading and keeping them for the next few thousand years.