By Haroon Bashir Debates regarding slavery and Islam have resurfaced in modern times, partly due to the re-emergence of slavery through the actions of groups such as ISIS and Boko … Continue reading Competing Moral Logics: Islamic Law, Slavery, and Abolition in the Contemporary World
By Haroon Bashir While the gradual abolition thesis gained popularity, as demonstrated in the previous essay, it was by no means universally accepted. Scholars such as Ḥusayn al-Jisr (d. 1327/1909) … Continue reading Preserving the Past: Slavery, Tradition and Legal Authority
By Haroon Bashir It is often stated in contemporary discussions on slavery and Islam, almost to the point of ubiquity, that Islam always aimed to abolish slavery.[1] Yet, the first … Continue reading Abolitionist Trajectories? Modern Rereadings of Emancipation
By Haroon Bashir Slavery has been a near-universal institution throughout human history, and its formal abolition is a relatively recent development.[1] Like all scholars, Muslim jurists were shaped by their … Continue reading The Emancipatory Ethic? Freedom in Classical Islamic Law
