Saturday, February 11, 2017

Georgetown Islamic Studies Professor: Slavery OK, So is Non-Consensual Sex

Georgetown Islamic Studies Professor: Slavery OK, So is Non-Consensual Sex | Heat Street
"A professor at Georgetown University is teaching his students that men do not need consent to have sex with women, and that slavery is justifiable under Islamic teachings.
Image result for sharia brutalIslamic Studies professor Jonathan Brown recently lectured at the International Institute of Islamic Thought, where he shared his alarming beliefs with students in attendance in his lecture, “Islam and the Problem of Slavery.”
...According to Lee, Brown’s lecture was supposed to revolve around slavery in Islam, but the lecturer moved its focus to criticize the United States, United Kingdom and China. Brown described slavery in these non-Muslim societies as brutal, which they were, but lauded the historically inhumane practice in Arab lands and Turkey.
...Brown stated that slaves were “protected by Sharia,” omitting the various atrocities committed by slave-owners.
Girls and women were forced into the sex trade and their male counterparts were often castrated.
“In general you don’t find the brutality that you see in American slavery,” said Brown, who described the historically common practice as “investments” and “walking venture properties” for slave-owners..."

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