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A small number of hadiths are cited to support the Islamic punishments for rape, discussed below. These narrations relate to the rape of free women and of female slaves who are not owned by the perpetrator. However, we will see that the Qur'an permits Muslim men to have sexual relations with their own female slaves. Kecia Ali, Associate professor of religion, Boston University says regarding sex with slaves: | A small number of hadiths are cited to support the Islamic punishments for rape, discussed below. These narrations relate to the rape of free women and of female slaves who are not owned by the perpetrator. However, we will see that the Qur'an permits Muslim men to have sexual relations with their own female slaves. Kecia Ali, Associate professor of religion, Boston University says regarding sex with slaves: | ||
{{Quote|1=Kecia Ali, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kecia-ali/islam-sex-slavery_b_8004824.html The Truth About Islam and Sex Slavery History Is More Complicated Than You Think]<ref>Kecia Ali, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kecia-ali/islam-sex-slavery_b_8004824.html The Truth About Islam and Sex Slavery History Is More Complicated Than You Think], Huffington Post, 2015</ref>|2=For premodern Muslim jurists, as well as for those marginal figures who believe that the permission [for slavery] still holds, the category “rape” doesn’t apply: ownership makes sex lawful; consent is irrelevant.}} | {{Quote|1=Kecia Ali, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kecia-ali/islam-sex-slavery_b_8004824.html The Truth About Islam and Sex Slavery History Is More Complicated Than You Think]<ref>Kecia Ali, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kecia-ali/islam-sex-slavery_b_8004824.html The Truth About Islam and Sex Slavery History Is More Complicated Than You Think], Huffington Post, 2015 [http://www.webcitation.org/6yjfMCtwF Archive]</ref>|2=For premodern Muslim jurists, as well as for those marginal figures who believe that the permission [for slavery] still holds, the category “rape” doesn’t apply: ownership makes sex lawful; consent is irrelevant.}} | ||
Dr. Jonathan Brown, Associate Professor and Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University (who is a Muslim convert) has made similar comments.<ref>"'slave rape' is a tough term to decipher from a Shariah perspective. A male owner of a female slave has the right to sexual access to her. Though he could not physically harm her without potentially being held legally accountable if she complained, her 'consent' would be meaningless since she is his slave." [https://np.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/3h1abm/this_is_dr_jonathan_brown_professor_at_georgetown/cu3dkhd/ Comment by Dr. Jonathan AC Brown on his Reddit AMA session], 2016</ref> Furthermore, there are narrations in which female captives were raped prior to being ransomed back to their tribe. | Dr. Jonathan Brown, Associate Professor and Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University (who is a Muslim convert) has made similar comments.<ref>"'slave rape' is a tough term to decipher from a Shariah perspective. A male owner of a female slave has the right to sexual access to her. Though he could not physically harm her without potentially being held legally accountable if she complained, her 'consent' would be meaningless since she is his slave." [https://np.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/3h1abm/this_is_dr_jonathan_brown_professor_at_georgetown/cu3dkhd/ Comment by Dr. Jonathan AC Brown on his Reddit AMA session], 2016 [http://www.webcitation.org/6yjfiW2ch Archive]</ref> Furthermore, there are narrations in which female captives were raped prior to being ransomed back to their tribe. | ||
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