Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur’an, so Saeeda Khan probably didn’t see anything wrong with what she was doing at all. “Brit-Muslim woman convicted of trafficking woman she used as slave,” from ANI, March 17 (thanks to Twostellas): London, Mar 17 : A former hospital director in Britain has been convicted of trafficking […]
Anti-slavery activists face railroading in Mauritania
Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur’an, and is still practiced in many areas of the Islamic world — here, in Mauritania. And where are the human rights organizations, as these freedom fighters get railroaded? “Anti-slavery activists face possible charges in Mauritania,” from Middle East Online, December 16 (thanks to Twostellas): NOUAKCHOTT – Seven […]
How Islam breathed new life into slavery and the slave trade in Europe
How Islam breathed new life into slavery and the slave trade in Europe by John J. O’Neill In my newly-published book, Holy Warriors: Islam and the Demise of Classical Civilization, I argue at length that a great majority of the things commonly regarded as “Medieval” were in fact introduced to Europe from Islam, and that […]
Britain’s 200-year jihad
Melanie Phillips discusses the 17-19th century jihad against Britain, which also touched the U.S. in the wars against the Barbary pirates of the early 19th century. Like the British raids, the Barbary conflicts have not been generally understood in the West as constituting jihad warfare; only recently have historians begun to realize that those warriors […]
Pipes: Saudis Import Slaves to America
Daniel Pipes writes in Front Page: Homaidan Ali Al-Turki, 36, and his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, 35, appear to be a model immigrant couple. Having arrived in the United States in 2000, they live with their four children in an upscale Denver suburb. Al-Turki is a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Colorado, specializing […]
Indictment: Saudi Pair in Colo. Kept Slave
Sharia slavery update from AP, with thanks to Mackie: A Saudi Arabian couple was in custody Friday, accused of turning a young Indonesian woman into a virtual slave, forcing her to clean, cook and care for their children while she was threatened and sexually assaulted. Sexually assaulted? “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) […]
Qatar Rejects U.S. Rights Report
I Know Nothing! An update on this story, from Reuters. DOHA – Qatar insisted its laws prohibited human trafficking and said it was not aware of any such rights violations on Sunday after the Gulf state was criticized in a U.S. report. “These claims are totally unexpected and are something we disagree with completely,” a […]
U.S. criticizes Gulf allies on trafficking
From Reuters via CNN with thanks to Two Stellas. WASHINGTON — The United States criticized four Gulf Arab allies as some of the world’s worst offenders in permitting human trafficking Friday in a rebuke Washington hopes will promote improved human rights in the Middle East. The State Department downgraded Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the […]
Tortured Maid Changes Statement
A not so baffling update on this story from the Arab News, “New Twist in Nour Miyati Torture Case Baffles All” JEDDAH — The inquiry report in the case of the Indonesian maid, Nour Miyati, who accused her sponsor and his wife of torture came as a surprise to everyone. Quoting a statement by the […]
Saudi slavery: Guest Worker May Lose Digits, Toes After Being Tied Up in Bathroom for a Month
From Arab News, with thanks to Twostellas: JEDDAH, A 25-year-old Indonesian woman who came to Saudi Arabia as a guest worker will have several of her fingers, toes and part of her right foot amputated because of gangrene after being tied up for a month in a bathroom by her Saudi sponsor, who also apparently […]