Of course this possibility will not be investigated, but could it be that Mohammad Abdul Wahid and Mohammed Iqbal Kabir thought that these practices were acceptable because of attitudes and assumptions they derived from their faith? Slavery is acceptable in Islam. The Qur’an has Allah telling Muhammad that he has given him girls as sex slaves: “Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty.” (Qur’an 33:50)
Muhammad bought slaves: “Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a slave and pledged allegiance to Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) on migration; he (the Holy Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Sell him to me. And he bought him for two black slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man).” (Muslim 3901)
Muhammad took female Infidel captives as slaves: “Narrated Anas: The Prophet offered the Fajr Prayer near Khaibar when it was still dark and then said, ‘Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning for those who have been warned.’ Then the inhabitants of Khaibar came out running on the roads. The Prophet had their warriors killed, their offspring and woman taken as captives. Safiya was amongst the captives. She first came in the share of Dahya Alkali but later on she belonged to the Prophet. The Prophet made her manumission as her ‘Mahr.’” (Bukhari 5.59.512) Mahr is bride price: Muhammad freed her and married her. But he didn’t do this to all his slaves:
Muhammad owned slaves: “Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Apostle was on a journey and he had a black slave called Anjasha, and he was driving the camels (very fast, and there were women riding on those camels). Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you), O Anjasha! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (women)!’” (Bukhari 8.73.182) There is no mention of Muhammad’s freeing Anjasha.
“Men Took Advantage Of Workers At Perth Amboy Slaughterhouse: Feds,” by Carly Baldwin, Patch, July 13, 2021:
PERTH AMBOY, NJ — Two New York City men were arrested Friday for allegedly forcing employees to work for them at a halal chicken slaughterhouse in Perth Amboy, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
The people they are accused of forcing to work were undocumented immigrants, said the U.S attorneys office, who said the duo took advantage of the employees’ non-legal status, requiring them to work 100 hours a week, paying them $290 a week and then deducting room and board, and also having employees live in an unheated, bug-infested boarding house.
Mohammad Abdul Wahid, 54, of Queens, New York, and Mohammed Iqbal Kabir, 42, of the Bronx, were charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit forced labor (human trafficking); conspiracy to harbor undocumented persons for financial gain; and violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From July 2011 through January 2016, Wahid owned and operated a halal chicken slaughterhouse business in Perth Amboy. “Halal” means the live poultry was slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law, and the chickens had to be killed by Muslim individuals. The poultry would then be cleaned and prepared for sale by other employees.
Wahid and Kabir allegedly employed undocumented people. The employees were paid approximately $290 a week in cash and would typically work 70 to 100 hours a week, working six or seven days a week. The employees were not paid more if they worked more hours, nor were they given overtime pay. The employees lived in a boarding house in front of the slaughterhouse, for which Wahid allegedly deducted $40 a week from the employees’ paychecks. The boarding house did not have heat or hot water and was infested with insects.
The men employed two Muslim individuals to slaughter the chickens and forced them to continue working at the slaughterhouse. When these two victims complained about the hours they were working and the conditions of the facility (no gloves, masks or proper soap), the defendants allegedly threatened to call the police. The victims were afraid of being arrested and deported and they continued to work until health inspectors closed the slaughterhouse….
roberta says
No doubt quite common throughout our nation (where muslims are in number)
Mary C says
Why don’t vegetarian / vegan nazis ever complain about halal slaughter? SMH
gravenimage says
Mary, I have actually been fighting against Halal slaughter and exposing what it entails for some time now. How does that make me a “Nazi”?
E T says
Remember the days before the “new normal” when we had the humane society and life was sweet, before the barbarians?
I sit here now and watch the deer looking after their fawns and wonder why humans are not as intent in guarding their children.
gravenimage says
New Jersey: Muslims arrested for forced labor of illegal Muslim migrants at halal slaughterhouse
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Islamic slavery in the civilized west. Glad they were caught–but this will not be the last such case.