http://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/04/24/do-you-know-how-much-it-costs-to-buy-a-9-year-old-girl/
"IS has just released a pamphlet (above), that shows exactly how much they are selling captive Christian and Yazidi females for. It is a sliding scale based on the woman’s age, and the younger the girl, the more expensive she is. These women and girls are being sold into sex slavery and will likely spend the rest of their lives being raped, abused and sold again and again, until they no longer have a saleable value (at which point they will likely be executed). This is real, it is happening today, yet it seems America’s Feminists have more important things to worry about (for example Bill O’Reilly).
The price list shows that a 40 to 50 year old woman can be bought for as little as $43. As the age goes down, the price goes up. A girl between the ages of 0 and 9 carries the highest price at $172. Whteher a young child is worth more because of a potentially longer life-span, or because child “brides” are very popular in this part of the world is unclear. But here’s the thing…ISIS are selling these women and children, but it is not ISIS that is buying them."...
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pby1000 ago
What does the Quran say about slavery? I believe it says it is OK to buy and sell slaves. I know the Bible says it is OK to do this.
I am not looking to argue or anything. It is an honest question.
voatuser9999 ago
The difference is, WE DON'T DO THIS (anymore). The WEST was one of the first cultures to outlaw slavery in modern times. There's none of us who secretly endorse christians elsewhere who are engaged in the slave trade. %51 of the ships taking Africans to the New World were owned by one jew (his name passes me at this time, might have been an Aaron Lopez.) The rest of that click of judaism was involved. That particular click doesn't mind ownership of slaves, trade in people, so in that sense they are fine with Muslims doing the same thing. A tiny minority of the total white population of the South were slave-owners, and many of those were jews.
My point is, there's a liberal synagoge in this town. Yes, they support Israel. But I don't think any of them own slaves, currently. If it changes, I'll let you know :P. My point is, regardless of what someone's Testament has printed down, it's up to the current culture of people. And most jews, and christians, do not secretly endorse some slave trade going on elsewhere in their name.
We would confront and disown a group of people or person we found out about who was engaged in it. However, muslims, the great majority, don't. Ex-muslims do.
UglyTruth ago
Slavery is endorsed by the Quran, just as it is endorsed by Judaism and Christianity. It is a means of settling a debt.
Judgejewdy ago
Slavery around the time of Christ was more like indentured servitude, or even how most of us today have employers. not the modern slavery we are familiar with. (Note that while the Bible does not speak of employer/employee, it does speak of slave/master. Bc no one had a boss in those days? Of course not.) Just want to clarify that the modern slavery that regards people as inhuman/ without rights was never advocated by Jews or Christians and just requires a little historical context to understand the meaning of the verbiage used in the texts. (I can't speak for Islam bc I haven't looked into it.)
pby1000 ago
Except if you are female. The you do not have to be released after 6 years like the male slaves.
UglyTruth ago
No, According to the Quran (Surah 2:228) the rights of women are similar to those of men.
sugarskull ago
Tell that to Aiesha who was basically the prophets semen stain cleaner ...there are several citings of this in the book of the religion of peace. I don't see that as a duty of any man in the quran but I guess Aiesha was a wife and not a titled 'slave" so there is that.
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UglyTruth ago
No, the story from the Hadith of the pre-pubescent age of Aisha is refuted by the earliest biography of Mohammad. Apparently Aisha had a significant role in the spreading Mohammad's message, the "semen stain cleaner" characterization is a lie. The Hadith have a history of unreliability, and the Quran warns against them.
THE_LIES_OH_THE_LIES ago
I agree. Religions sucks, but this isn't about the everyday practices of 1.3 billion people.
educate_yourself ago
something about halving the value of a person based on sex and then religion i think
Tanngrisnir ago
I think it says that you can't own another Muslim. People like Reza Aslan try to be dishonest and claim it was completely anti slavery but that is wrong. Slavery was pretty much a global institution in the past.
pby1000 ago
I hear it still is a global institution...
Tanngrisnir ago
In terms of legality. Obviously, it didn't go away.