@amitbehere I am not replying to your tweet bcuz this is not a confrontation. Most scholars agree that Islam did not encourage slavery and put in such strict rules, that when followed strictly would eventually abolish it. Societal evils do not go away overnight so Islam took d..

Long approach. That being said, as with all communities, individuals with personal interest eventually overtook the administration and did what they wished and not what was preached. Pretty similar to Priests in the Confederacy quoting bible to Justify slavery.

Islam at its peak had the top researchers and scholars amidst it. The current apathy in Muslims has nothing to do with Islam& #39;s regressiveness. Rather the ghettoisation of the poor, the greed of the rich and the arrogance of the rulers, Muslim or otherwise.

A close analogy can be made with the Black people. They are obviously as intelligent, witty, charming, graceful and respectable as any human being of any race on the earth. Yet the systemic oppression time and again allows white people to say that blacks are violent, unread...

Uncouth. Even though that is a false generalisation. They can be among the best when presented with the best opportunities.
@amitbehere if you do read this thread, please know that you are making a difference by simply not hating us when it has become a fashion...