جزیره علم

Why Islam did not abolish slavery suddenly?

Slavery is a changed human identity: slave is a person that does not elect or select or reject. His or her personality is neglected. Ontologically, he or she is reduced into an intelligent animal. Slaves were not included in any citizenship degree.0

On the other word, his/her owner roles play as his/her god, while slavery is explicitly rejected in monotheistic religions; Islam, Christianity, and Jesus. In Islam, concept of tawhid (means unique god) is the greatest source of producing value which stated worship to the unique god.0

The final heaven scripture, the Quran, stipulates worship human is free of any slavery or servitude, an innate value originated from human nature. Such freedom enables human to conquer and to dominate over animals, plants, and environment. So, tawhid -as a developed system of value making- makes freedom the core value of human rights. Religion-based values will originate rulings and construct systems if socially practiced.0

The last version of tawhidi religion (Islam) has introduced a social construction complied with its value-making system and rulings. Such value-based social construction rejects/banishes slavery.0

When Islam appeared, slavery trade was world-wide. Islam did not radically fight against slavery to avoid radical challenges in social values and duties, to enable properly social practice, and to guard contribution to social construction for a developed tawhidi society. Islam rulings prevent slaves to become neglected, ignored or marginal citizens.0

Slaves should gradually grow their personality to become parts of Islamic union nation. Social practice is necessary for any individual of a society to perform/resent social identity as citizenship.0