FIRST REMINDER. Sunday. 4th day of Muharram. Refuting lies about Islam on slave girls/concubines. BismilLah It is true that a lot of people including some ignorant Muslims push this subject ‘under the rug’ and do not understand it or are sometimes ashamed of this concept. That is because, today’s society and behavior is absolutely different from the conditions prevalent over 1400 years ago at the time of Revelation of the Quran. There is no place on earth where this concept is practiced today openly, thus to really understand the concept in its entirety, we must try to imagine the times of the Revelation of the Glorious Quran. As a Muslim, it's compulsory to learn about Islam to at least explain to non Muslims about misconceptions but to speak against or dislike something about Islam without been bothered to learn about shows our high level of ignorance. Since time immemorial, slavery was an accepted practice; thus it was not Islam that started this practice, but rather Islam was the first system to inculcate the freedom of slaves and take steps to make them equal citizens of society. Slavery was abolished in modern society only a couple of centuries ago, and was openly practiced in almost all parts of the civilized world even until the early 1900s. But Islam made it a virtue to free slaves, and inculcate them into society as equal citizens, OVER 1400 years ago. For my Ghanaian brothers and sisters, read about the British slave trade in Ghana, when did it end? Few years ago right? Do you even blame the west for that? But you've got the ego to speak against Allah and HIS Messenger concerning slavery in the Quran. Don't miss the second reminder to read about what the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said regarding the rights of slaves even when it was been practiced before his Prophethood. May Allah keep guiding us all and be pleased with our little efforts. Aameen.