The Quranic View of Human Freedom

Table of Contents:

• Part 1:
  • The Quranic Standard of Freedom
  • The First Call for Freedom
  • The Modern Champions of Freedom
  • Every form of Bondage Abolished
    • Man, the Lord of Creation
    • Equality among Mankind
      • Common Origin
    • Freedom from Political Bondage
    • Freedom from Blind following and Intellectual Bondage
    • Freedom from Social Bondage
    • Freedom from Sex Inferiority
    • Deliverance from Economic Bondage
    • Freedom from Obedience to the Devil and Sensual Desires
    • Freedom from Ignorance
    • Deliverance of the Weak from the Bondage of the Mighty
  • The Quran Prevents Slavery Forever
  • The Gradual Emancipation of Slaves
    • Injunctions about Improving the lot of Slaves
    • How to effect Gradual Emancipation
  • A Challenge
• Part 2:
  • No Cohabitation without Marriage
  • The First Injunction
  • The Second Injunction
  • The Third Injunction
  • The Fourth Injunction
  • An Objection
  • The Sunnah of the Prophet [Muhammad (pbuh)]
  • The Example of the Companions
  • Previous Practice is no Religious Law
  • The Holy Quran does not Legalise Slavery
  • The Two Ways of Reform
    • The Immediate Reform
    • The Gradual Reform
  • The Testimony of History