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Slavery and race

Slavery, emancipation and race in Islamic history and law.

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BOOK 1954 · Arabic · Dār al-Shurūq
Shubuhāt ḥawla al-Islām شبهات حول الإسلام Muḥammad Quṭb

Answers common modern objections to Islam on topics such as slavery, women, capitalism, private property and punishment.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Shubuhāt ḥawla al-Islām. 1954. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Al-Basira.23. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-shubuhat-hawla-al-islam

PAMPHLET 1977 · Arabic · Muslim Welfare House, London
Mādhā yuʿṭī al-Islām li-l-bashariyya ماذا يعطي الإسلام للبشرية Muḥammad Quṭb

Short tract on what Islam offers humanity, starting from Toynbee's remarks on race and alcohol.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Mādhā yuʿṭī al-Islām li-l-bashariyya. 1977. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Al-Basira.1. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-madha-yuti-al-islam-li-l-bashariyya

PAPER 1995 · English
Towards a Qur'anic Hermeneutics of Social Justice: Race, Class and Gender Amina Wadud

Journal article proposing a Qur'anic hermeneutic centred on justice that addresses race and class alongside gender.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: cambridge.org

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Wadud, Amina. Towards a Qur'anic Hermeneutics of Social Justice: Race, Class and Gender. 1995. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-towards-a-quranic-hermeneutics-of-social-justice-race

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CHAPTER 2003 · English
American Muslim Identity: Race and Ethnicity in Progressive Islam Amina Wadud

Chapter in Progressive Muslims (ed. Omid Safi) on race, ethnicity and African American experience within American Islam.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Wadud, Amina. American Muslim Identity: Race and Ethnicity in Progressive Islam. 2003. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/amina-wadud/#amina-wadud-american-muslim-identity-race-and-ethnicity-in-progressive

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BOOK 2005 · English
Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection Sherman Jackson

An examination of Islam among Black Americans and of the relationship between Black Muslims and immigrant Muslim communities in the United States.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Jackson, Sherman. Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection. 2005. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/islamblackameric0000jack. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/sherman-jackson/#sherman-jackson-islam-and-the-blackamerican-looking-toward-the-third

BOOK 2009 · English
Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering Sherman Jackson

A theological study of how Islamic thought can speak to the meaning of Black suffering, drawing on classical discussions of divine justice.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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Jackson, Sherman. Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering. 2009. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/islamproblemofbl0000jack. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/sherman-jackson/#sherman-jackson-islam-and-the-problem-of-black-suffering

BOOK 2010 · English
Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam Kecia Ali

An analysis of how early Muslim jurists understood marriage in light of the institution of slavery, and what the legal sources reveal about both.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Ali, Kecia. Marriage and Slavery in Early Islam. 2010. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/kecia-ali/#kecia-ali-marriage-and-slavery-in-early-islam

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PAPER 2017 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Slavery and Islam: What is Slavery? Jonathan A. C. Brown with Abdullah Hamid Ali

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Slavery and Islam: What is Slavery?. 2017. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/slavery-and-islam-what-is-slavery. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-slavery-and-islam-what-is-slavery

BOOK 2019 · English
Slavery and Islam Jonathan A. C. Brown

Studies how slavery was regulated in Islamic law and practice, how Muslims responded to abolition, and the moral questions raised by judging past institutions.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Slavery and Islam. 2019. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#jonathan-brown-slavery-and-islam

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
What is Islamophobia? Race, Power, and the Roots of Anti-Muslim Discrimination Nour Soubani · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Soubani, Nour. What is Islamophobia? Race, Power, and the Roots of Anti-Muslim Discrimination. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/what-is-islamophobia-race-power-and-the-roots-of-anti-muslim-discrimination. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-what-is-islamophobia-race-power-and-the-roots-of-anti

PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
A Global Model: The Mythicization and Mobilization of Malcolm X in the Malay World Khairudin Aljunied · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Aljunied, Khairudin. A Global Model: The Mythicization and Mobilization of Malcolm X in the Malay World. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-mythicization-and-mobilization-of-malcolm-x-in-the-malay-world. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-mythicization-and-mobilization-of-malcolm-x-in-the-malay

PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Being Black and Muslim in America: A Study on Identity and Well-Being Osman Umarji with Husain Lateef

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Umarji, Osman. Being Black and Muslim in America: A Study on Identity and Well-Being. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/being-black-and-muslim-in-america. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/osman-umarji/#yq-being-black-and-muslim-in-america

PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Black and Muslim: How Chaplains Can Empower Marginalized Students Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Research, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic. Black and Muslim: How Chaplains Can Empower Marginalized Students. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/black-and-muslim-how-chaplains-can-empower-marginalized-students. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-black-and-muslim-how-chaplains-can-empower-marginalized-students

PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Insights for Muslim American Youth Development: Culturally-Centered Youth Approaches in the Black American Community Husain Lateef · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Lateef, Husain. Insights for Muslim American Youth Development: Culturally-Centered Youth Approaches in the Black American Community. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/insights-for-muslim-american-youth-development. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-insights-for-muslim-american-youth-development

PAPER 2020 · English · Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies 36/2
Slavery and Sufism: The Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ as a Source on Slavery in Medieval Islamic Civilization Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: jstage.jst.go.jp

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Slavery and Sufism: The Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ as a Source on Slavery in Medieval Islamic Civilization. 2020. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ajames/36/2/36_29/_article/-char/en. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#slavery-and-sufism-hilyat-al-awliya

PAPER 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute
The Black Muslim American Mayor in the Home of the KKK Khalil Abdurrashid · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Abdurrashid, Khalil. The Black Muslim American Mayor in the Home of the KKK. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-black-muslim-american-mayor-in-the-home-of-the-kkk. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-black-muslim-american-mayor-in-the-home-of-the

ESSAY 2020 · English · Yaqeen Institute (reflection)
When the Sahaba Met a Racist King Omar Suleiman

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Suleiman, Omar. When the Sahaba Met a Racist King. 2020. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/when-the-sahaba-met-a-racist-king-virtual-khutbah. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/omar-suleiman/#yq-when-the-sahaba-met-a-racist-king-virtual-khutbah

PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Islam and Anti-Blackness: Leaving Ignorance Behind Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Islam and Anti-Blackness: Leaving Ignorance Behind. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/islam-and-anti-blackness-leaving-ignorance-behind. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-islam-and-anti-blackness-leaving-ignorance-behind

PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
Mawālī: How Freed Slaves and Non-Arabs Contributed to Islamic Scholarship Emad Hamdeh

On the role of the mawālī in early Islamic scholarship and the ethic of judging scholars by piety and knowledge.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Hamdeh, Emad. Mawālī: How Freed Slaves and Non-Arabs Contributed to Islamic Scholarship. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/mawali-how-freed-slaves-and-non-arabs-contributed-to-islamic-scholarship. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/emad-hamdeh/#emad-hamdeh-mawali-freed-slaves-and-non-arabs

PAPER 2021 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Mawālī: How Freed Slaves and Non-Arabs Contributed to Islamic Scholarship Emad Hamdeh

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Hamdeh, Emad. Mawālī: How Freed Slaves and Non-Arabs Contributed to Islamic Scholarship. 2021. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/mawali-how-freed-slaves-and-non-arabs-contributed-to-islamic-scholarship. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/emad-hamdeh/#yq-mawali-how-freed-slaves-and-non-arabs-contributed-to-islamic

CHAPTER 2021 · English · Georgetown University Press (Building Bridges)
Slavery: A Source of Theological Tension Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: buildingbridges.georgetown.edu

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Slavery: A Source of Theological Tension. 2021. https://buildingbridges.georgetown.edu/publications/a-world-of-inequalities-christian-and-muslim-perspectives. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#slavery-a-source-of-theological-tension

BOOK 2022 · English
Islam and Blackness Jonathan A. C. Brown

Investigates attitudes to race and Blackness in Islamic scripture, law and history, and the presence of anti-Black prejudice in Muslim societies.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: simonandschuster.co.uk

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Islam and Blackness. 2022. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#jonathan-brown-islam-and-blackness

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PAPER 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute
How to Deal With Racism: Lessons From West African Scholars’ Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt Dawud Walid · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Walid, Dawud. How to Deal With Racism: Lessons From West African Scholars’ Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt. 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/how-to-overcome-racism-lessons-from-west-african-scholars-tafsir-of-surat-al-hujurat. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-how-to-overcome-racism-lessons-from-west-african-scholars-tafsir

REVIEW 2023 · English · Journal of Islamic Ethics 7
Review of Bernard K. Freamon, Possessed by the Right Hand Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: brill.com

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Review of Bernard K. Freamon, Possessed by the Right Hand. 2023. https://brill.com/view/journals/jie/7/1-2/article-p246_12.xml. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#review-possessed-by-the-right-hand

ESSAY 2024 · English · TraSIS Blog, University of Bern
Can People Sell Their Children into Slavery? Cultural Relativism vs. Universality in Islamic Jurisprudence Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: trasisblog.unibe.ch

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Can People Sell Their Children into Slavery? Cultural Relativism vs. Universality in Islamic Jurisprudence. 2024. https://trasisblog.unibe.ch/?p=331. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#can-people-sell-their-children-into-slavery

PAPER 2024 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Slavery and Emancipation in the Sharia: The Islamic Framework for Ethical Treatment of Slaves in the Minhāj fī shuʿab al-īmān of al-Ḥalīmī Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Slavery and Emancipation in the Sharia: The Islamic Framework for Ethical Treatment of Slaves in the Minhāj fī shuʿab al-īmān of al-Ḥalīmī. 2024. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/slavery-and-emancipation-in-the-sharia-the-islamic-framework-for-ethical-treatment-of-slaves-in-the-minhaj-fi-shuab-al-iman-of-al-halimi. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-slavery-and-emancipation-in-the-sharia-the-islamic-framework-for