Human trafficking is a global problem and one of the world’s most shameful crimes. This issue affects the lives of millions of people around the world and robs them of their dignity. Although the best- known form of human trafficking is for the purpose of sexual exploitation, thousands of victims are trafficked for the purposes of labour and domestic servitude. Due to the fact that human trafficking is quite prevalent in many Muslim nations, this has led to the belief that Islam as a religion allows this practise. This however is not true, slavery was accepted in Islam in the very beginning however, in contemporary society, the practise of slavery and human trafficking are strictly prohibited according to the Islamic religious beliefs and values.
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The first Key term that needs to be defined is ethics. Ethics can be defined as the moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. In addition, another essential key term is human trafficking. Human trafficking is the movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is said to be a form of modern slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. This brings me to the next key term which is slavery. Slavery is a legal or economic system under which people are treated as property. Trafficking is now recognised as a crime distinct from slavery as traditionally defined .The only difference between trafficking and slavery is drawn between ownership, control, undue influence and exploitation. A victim of trafficking may not be subject to “ownership”, although he or she may be under the control of the trafficker. The final key term that needs to be explained is Values. Values are the principles or standards of behaviour or in other words one’s judgement of what is important in …show more content…
Like the Hebrew bible and the New Testament, the Qur’an accepted the institution of slavery as an established part of their lives. The Qur’an sought to humanise and regulate the practice of slavery rather than seek its immediate abolition. This is evident in many Islamic sacred tests like the Qur’an. For example where it says, “If you fear that (in your marital obligations) you will not be able to observe justice among them, then content yourself with only one, or the captives that your right hand possesses (Koran, 4:3);” This quote demonstrates how the Qur’an permitted slavery. Some have argued that the Qur’an authorized sex slavery. This is evident in the Qur’an where it says, “And (also forbidden to you are) all married women, save those (captives) whom your right hands possess (and whose ties with their husbands have been practically cut off) (Koran, 4:24);” However, these teachings only existed at the time and were only permitted in early Islamic society where women’s rights and general human rights were not considered. Since then, Islam has not only called for the freeing of sex slaves, making sex permitted only inside the institution, but has also made freeing a slave as a way of compensating for wrongdoings. Furthermore, nowhere in the Qur’an is a Muslim allowed to make a new slave, and the Qur’an makes freeing a slave a good deed that makes up
The first Key term that needs to be defined is ethics. Ethics can be defined as the moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity. In addition, another essential key term is human trafficking. Human trafficking is the movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation. Human trafficking is said to be a form of modern slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. This brings me to the next key term which is slavery. Slavery is a legal or economic system under which people are treated as property. Trafficking is now recognised as a crime distinct from slavery as traditionally defined .The only difference between trafficking and slavery is drawn between ownership, control, undue influence and exploitation. A victim of trafficking may not be subject to “ownership”, although he or she may be under the control of the trafficker. The final key term that needs to be explained is Values. Values are the principles or standards of behaviour or in other words one’s judgement of what is important in …show more content…
Like the Hebrew bible and the New Testament, the Qur’an accepted the institution of slavery as an established part of their lives. The Qur’an sought to humanise and regulate the practice of slavery rather than seek its immediate abolition. This is evident in many Islamic sacred tests like the Qur’an. For example where it says, “If you fear that (in your marital obligations) you will not be able to observe justice among them, then content yourself with only one, or the captives that your right hand possesses (Koran, 4:3);” This quote demonstrates how the Qur’an permitted slavery. Some have argued that the Qur’an authorized sex slavery. This is evident in the Qur’an where it says, “And (also forbidden to you are) all married women, save those (captives) whom your right hands possess (and whose ties with their husbands have been practically cut off) (Koran, 4:24);” However, these teachings only existed at the time and were only permitted in early Islamic society where women’s rights and general human rights were not considered. Since then, Islam has not only called for the freeing of sex slaves, making sex permitted only inside the institution, but has also made freeing a slave as a way of compensating for wrongdoings. Furthermore, nowhere in the Qur’an is a Muslim allowed to make a new slave, and the Qur’an makes freeing a slave a good deed that makes up