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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]
Similarly, I think the issue of concubines is practically a non-issue. Concubines have existed in all Western religions. All of these religions have evolved in how they dealt with the issue. [b]I don't think the OP should have posted this thread because it gives the issue of concubines far more attention than it deserves.[/b] I don't have have a problem with anyone arguing about Islam's position regarding concubines, but only when Islam is singled out as if it were worse than other religions. I was particularly bothered when concubines were used as a justification for the alleged brutality of Islam that all Muslims were said to embrace.
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Jeff, the bolder part is one place where you and I are in complete agreement. OP and Muslima should not raise issues they're not willing to discuss.

Where we part ways is where you suggest that anybody who responds to OP must be "singling" out Islam or is even anti-Islam. This begs the question: Is it even possible to respond to OP without referring to Islam? Or is the point that nobody should respond to OP, because this can't be done without reference to Islamic-specific tenets on prostitution vs. concubines, so it shouldn't be done at all?

You seem to be suggesting that the other PP and I are laying traps for poor Muslima and the other PP. Once again, Muslima herself introduced the subject of concubines when she claimed that Islam offers "asylum" to prisoners of war, period, no elaboration. The other PP first claimed that converts are increasing faster than immigrants in the US. The fact that it took 10 pages or so to pin down the facts is something I blame on that PP's debating style. [/quote]

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