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A magical place for a unique concert
23 May 2012
For the first time in Marrakech, a trio of renowned musicians are gathering in the Zyriab Gardens on Saturday 26th of May. This will be a magical evening for music...
Design & co, art in all forms
16 May 2012
Formerly known as Design & Cook, this is one of the most well known galleries in Marrakech, with some 45 resident artists, the choice is vast.
MDR 2012: Dying of Laughter
15 May 2012
For it’s second edition, Marrakech Du Rire (June 6 to 10) will be host to Moroccan and French comedians in different venues in the city.
L’esclavage en terre d’islam de Malek Chebel
Online on 14 May 2008 | Culture
CULTURE Asking about these assumptions look new, Malek Chebel made travel to the country of slaves, both in East Africa than in the countries of the Sahel, Maghreb and the Gulf, the Middle East and Asia. It is a terrible fact: slavery is actually practice the better distribution of the planet, a nearly universal phenomenon. To decrypt the new forms that the easement in the Arab-Muslim world, the author rebuilds with attention to detail the development of a slave culture which is grafted on islam.<br>
Slavery is a legacy of the ancient Eastern world.
In the 7th century, date of the advent of islam, the situation of slavery in the Hejaz and the Arabian peninsula was deplorable.
The Koran wanted put end in enacting a policy of postage, specifically followed by Abu Bakr, second Caliph, who devoted his personal fortune to free the slaves.
But this was a cowardly and policy without real constraints for slave owners.
Also, simply would islam sought to mitigate the hardest forms of servitude, enact a frankly abolitionist doctrine?
Malek Chabel visited eighteen Arab or Muslim to see the persistence of the slave mentality and, above all testify to this evil but decried by islam.
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