The Muslim Post

Slavery in Libya: Life inside a container

Slavery in Libya: Life inside a container

In recent months, it’s been revealed that African migrants and refugees have been sold in open markets as slaves in Libya, and are held against their will in inhumane conditions in exchange for ransom money. The revelations have sent shock waves globally and sparked protests outside Libyan embassies across Africa and Europe. Libya is a […]

Rohingya women sold as sex slaves in Bangladesh

Rohingya women sold as sex slaves in Bangladesh

Rohingya girls and women in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are being sold as sex slaves, according to a victim and aid agencies. Fifteen-year-old Khartoun* told Al Jazeera she was sold into sex slavery after she arrived in Bangladesh by boat to escape a brutal military crackdown. She was alone – her mother, father and sister had […]

Dozens of Yazidi ‘slaves’ rescued by Iraqi troops

Dozens of Yazidi 'slaves' rescued by Iraqi troops

A group of 36 Yazidi survivors has been rescued in Iraq after three years of “slavery” under ISIL’s rule in northern Iraq, the United Nations said on Sunday. The group of men, women, and children from the persecuted religious sect was freed by Iraqi forces fighting to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and […]

Debate Still Rages Over Controversial American Abolitionist John Brown

Slavery and the Civil War were some of the darkest chapters in America history. But one man predicted the bloody conflict and believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. John Brown’s prophecy came true, but now, 158 years after his death, people are still in […]