“The Slave Girl Gives Birth to Her Master”: Female Slavery from the Mamlūk Era (1250-1517) to the Islamic State (2014- )

“[The Messenger of God] mentioned that one of the signs of the Hour was that ‘the slave girl gives birth to her master.’”—ISIS author (2014, 15) This paper analyzes how the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) appropriates Islamic tradition to justify sexual slavery, most notably the eschatological prophetic...

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Main Author: Mirza, Younus Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2017]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 577-599
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mameluke Empire / Islam / Slavery / Slave woman / Islamischer Staat
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
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