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Slavery, abolition, and Islam : debating freedom in the Islamic tradition / Haroon Bashir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bashir, Haroon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Slavery.
- Slavery and Islam.
- Slavery in the Qurʼan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This text charts the history of how abolitionism became the hegemonic position within contemporary Islamic thought. It demonstrates the way that both slavery and abolition were historically challenged within the Islamic context by Muslim scholars and how those debates continue to impact contemporary discussions.
- Contents:
- Slavery in classical exegesis
- Persons, property, and liminal spaces: the slave in Islamic law
- Situating Islamic reform
- Sayyid Ahmad Khan and ‘Quranic abolition’
- Muḥammad ‘Abduh, Rashīd Riḍā, and ‘Quranic gradualism’
- What is the Islamic position on abolition? Hermeneutical paradigms and interpretive communities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 22, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bashir, Haroon. Slavery, abolition, and Islam.
- ISBN:
- 9780191976551
- 0191976555
- 9780192874863
- 0192874861
- OCLC:
- 1474469426
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000170157
- CIPO000223118
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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