| Title |
Alashjaai, Nouf_MENG_2014 |
| Alternative Title |
Misinterpretations Breed Mistreatment: Slavery in the Antebellum South and the Ottoman Empire Justified by Personal Interpretations of Religious Texts |
| Creator |
Alashjaai, Nouf |
| Collection Name |
Master of English |
| Description |
Many societies throughout history have practiced slavery; Muslim and Christian societies are no exception. This paper aims to explore and compare American institutional slavery as portrayed in Alex Haley's Roots miniseries and institutional slavery in the Ottoman Empire. This comparison will show how Muslims in the Ottoman Empire mistreated slaves and practiced slavery despite its opposition to the teachings of Islam and Mohammed, similar to how the Christians portrayed in Roots practiced slavery against the teachings of Christianity. In both contexts, slaveholders abused and exploited the precepts of their religion to justify their activities and perpetuate institutional slavery. |
| Subject |
Slavery; Slavery and Islam; Slavery and Judaism; Slavery and the church |
| Keywords |
Christianity and slavery; Ottoman Empire |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2014 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Arts in English. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s626ct1w |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96701 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s626ct1w |
