When I point out that this is permitted -- to this day -- in Islamic law, I get called an "Islamophobe." But the Muslim writers yesterday over at [1] Ummah.com (thanks to Never Mind) don't have any problem with the concept.

They explain, of course, that it refers only to prisoners of war, and spend a lot of time comparing this peculiar institution favorably to conditions in Western prisons and prisoner-of-war camps. And the slaves can only be legitimately awarded to the Muslims by the caliph -- yet another reason why the mujahedin so hope to get the caliphate back up and running again.

As one commenter puts it:

I have heard everything now.

From a brisk read through the posts on this thread I can see we now have a sizable group of people who are quite happy to argue that keeping slaves is morally acceptable. Does this one even need discussing?

You do know what the definition of a slave is?