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in response to reader comment: The bizarre al-Ahmadiyya

Submitted by Tony (France), Dec 30, 2013 at 00:39

It always seemed a bit odd to me that any self-respecting African-American would willingly embrace a "religion" whose adherents were initially and largely responsible for selling black Africans as slaves to white European and American explorers hundreds of years ago. Indeed, if you go to the State Department's and Wikipedia's websites, they both indicate that slavery of black Africans by Arab slave-masters still exists today in 2013 on the continent of Africa. You can google "Tauregs and slavery" to start your search.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_contemporary_Africa

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/14/mali-slavery/1920579/

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Reader comments (20) on this item

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Brass, String and Wind instruments are FORBIDDEN in Islam. [22 words]MariaJan 4, 2014 03:15212467
Islam will not vanish [195 words]AMuslimJan 3, 2014 19:40212457
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