"Female slavery, being a condition necessary to the legality of this coveted indulgence [concubinage], will never be put down, with a willing or hearty co-operation by any Mussalman community."

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Islam and womenViolence against womenSexual violenceIslam and slaveryIslam and sexuality
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William Muir, Life of Mahomet.[quoted in Avril A. Powell (12 October 2006). "Indian Muslim modernists and the issue of slavery in Islam". In Richard M. Eaton (ed.). Slavery and South Asian History. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11671-6. Powell 2006, p. 277-278.