01-06-2006, 09:53 AM
I've been reading alot of articles about islamic adventures in India, and theres seems to be a general pattern of murder of older male civilians and enslaving of the women and younger men, when islamic armies enter a non-muslim cities. I did a bit of reading about Islam to discover why this pattern kept repeating and I found that slavery was tolerated by muslims. I was wondering if there is any estimates at how many slaves were created from India. There are estimates at how many slaves were created because of the African slave trade, but I never have found any figures for India. Why is this? If there are any estimates, please post them.
Also, I hope this thread covers the topic of right hand possessions. They were non-muslim women captured by muslim soldiers forced into sexual slavery. I've read that the sex ratio of slaves taken by muslims from Africa and Europe was heavily biased towards women. This was because these women would serve as concubines to the muslims. I was wondering if theres any proof to show the same in India.
Another topic that can be covered is Ghazw raids. These were raids made by muslims into non-muslim lands to obtain slaves, booty, or just generally the killing of non-believers. How many of these raids were conducted in India? Is there any way to know? Has there been books written on this?
I'm really shocked that it is so difficult to find information on this. Theres thousands of web sites about the Western slaver but almost nothing when dealing with islamic slavery.
So to sum up:
1. How many slaves were produced from India?
2. What factor did sex play in it? i.e. muslims capturing non-muslim women for use as concubines.
3. How were these slaves obtained?
Other people can add to the topic if they see fit. Maybe we could open up another thread discussing only right hand possessions.
Heres some links about some of the terms covered that some people might not be familiar with. If you have any links to share, please suggest some.
Right Hand Possessions.
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/19/tafseer.htm (will have to scroll down a bit)
http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=1928
http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/...ditionalist.php
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=181033 (You might enjoy reading this! Its really depressing)
Ghazw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazw
Is anyone else interested in this topic? I find it fascinating.
Also, I hope this thread covers the topic of right hand possessions. They were non-muslim women captured by muslim soldiers forced into sexual slavery. I've read that the sex ratio of slaves taken by muslims from Africa and Europe was heavily biased towards women. This was because these women would serve as concubines to the muslims. I was wondering if theres any proof to show the same in India.
Another topic that can be covered is Ghazw raids. These were raids made by muslims into non-muslim lands to obtain slaves, booty, or just generally the killing of non-believers. How many of these raids were conducted in India? Is there any way to know? Has there been books written on this?
I'm really shocked that it is so difficult to find information on this. Theres thousands of web sites about the Western slaver but almost nothing when dealing with islamic slavery.
So to sum up:
1. How many slaves were produced from India?
2. What factor did sex play in it? i.e. muslims capturing non-muslim women for use as concubines.
3. How were these slaves obtained?
Other people can add to the topic if they see fit. Maybe we could open up another thread discussing only right hand possessions.
Heres some links about some of the terms covered that some people might not be familiar with. If you have any links to share, please suggest some.
Right Hand Possessions.
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/19/tafseer.htm (will have to scroll down a bit)
http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=1928
http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/...ditionalist.php
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=181033 (You might enjoy reading this! Its really depressing)
Ghazw.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazw
Is anyone else interested in this topic? I find it fascinating.