re slavery: The Ottomans came from a nomadic people among whom slavery<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery>was little practised. Also, from the Islamic perspective, the Qur'an <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an> specifically states "everyone is same"[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#_note-3>, although the practice showed differences based on cultures (Islam and Slavery<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_Slavery>covers these perspectives). Specifically, Ottoman application on their domain was not approved. However, the Ottoman policies were based on a millet perspective in which each millet had the right to govern their own domain. Trafficking in slaves is expressly forbidden by the Ottoman application of *sharia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia>*, or Islamic law. For example, by the terms of the *sharia*, any slaves who were taken could not be kept in the status of slaves if they converted to Islam. It was, in fact, considered an insult to term an Ottoman man as a slave-master, and there were incidents in which Ottomans responded unsympathetically to any who even mentioned the idea of slavery to them.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#_note-4>
? Dana On 8/29/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Timeline_of_History_of_the_Ottoman_Emp > ire > > Note that they were CONSTANTLY at war from the 1400's through the end of > their nation. > > That's what I was talking about. The fact that they were essentially a > feudal nation. They had slaves. They routinely tortured people. > Pedophilia was an accepted norm. > > Wow. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:40 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: ottoman empire > > > > > > somebody said that pulling out of Iraq would create another > > ottoman empire, > > and we all know how that ended. I didn't so I looked it up. I still > don't > > get it. Centuries of relatively prosperous peace is a bad thing? > > > > ::shrug:: > > > > > > On 8/28/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is this a quiz? > > > > > > On 8/28/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > just wondering... what's wrong with this? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
