Biashara ya Utumwa ililetwa na nani hapa kwetu?

[zomba]

Hapana siyo hiyo, ni hii hapa:

How the Bible was used to justify slavery:

The Christian church's main justification of the concept of slavery is based on Genesis 9:25-27. According to the Bible, the worldwide flood had concluded and there were only 8 humans alive on earth: Noah, his wife, their six sons and daughters in law. Noah's son Ham had seen "the nakedness of his father." So, Noah laid a curse -- not on Ham, who was guilty of some type of indiscretion. The sin was transferred to Noah's grandson Canaan. Such transference of sin from a guilty to an innocent person or persons is unusual in the world's religious and secular moral codes. It is normally considered highly unethical. However, it appears in many biblical passages. The curse extended to all of Canaan's descendants:
bullet Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "

Christians traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable. Author Anthony Pagden wrote:

"This reading of the Book of Genesis merged easily into a medieval iconographic tradition in which devils were always depicted as black. Later pseudo-scientific theories would be built around African skull shapes, dental structure, and body postures, in an attempt to find an unassailable argument--rooted in whatever the most persuasive contemporary idiom happened to be: law, theology, genealogy, or natural science -- why one part of the human race should live in perpetual indebtedness to another." 1

By today's secular and religious standards:
bullet slavery is immoral.
bullet cursing all of an individual's descendents into perpetual slavery because of an inappropriate act by an ancestor is immoral.
bullet laying a curse on the son of the person who committed the act is immoral.

But in ancient times, cursing a whole race into slavery was considered acceptable because it was in the Bible. The American slave owner felt that he was carrying out God's plan by buying and using slaves.

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Post yako!

Hapana siyo hiyo, ni hii hapa:

How the Bible was used to justify slavery:

The Christian church's main justification of the concept of slavery is based on Genesis 9:25-27. According to the Bible, the worldwide flood had concluded and there were only 8 humans alive on earth: Noah, his wife, their six sons and daughters in law. Noah's son Ham had seen "the nakedness of his father." So, Noah laid a curse -- not on Ham, who was guilty of some type of indiscretion. The sin was transferred to Noah's grandson Canaan. Such transference of sin from a guilty to an innocent person or persons is unusual in the world's religious and secular moral codes. It is normally considered highly unethical. However, it appears in many biblical passages. The curse extended to all of Canaan's descendants:
bullet Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "

Christians traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable. Author Anthony Pagden wrote:

"This reading of the Book of Genesis merged easily into a medieval iconographic tradition in which devils were always depicted as black. Later pseudo-scientific theories would be built around African skull shapes, dental structure, and body postures, in an attempt to find an unassailable argument--rooted in whatever the most persuasive contemporary idiom happened to be: law, theology, genealogy, or natural science -- why one part of the human race should live in perpetual indebtedness to another." 1

By today's secular and religious standards:
bullet slavery is immoral.
bullet cursing all of an individual's descendents into perpetual slavery because of an inappropriate act by an ancestor is immoral.
bullet laying a curse on the son of the person who committed the act is immoral.

But in ancient times, cursing a whole race into slavery was considered acceptable because it was in the Bible. The American slave owner felt that he was carrying out God's plan by buying and using slaves.

Post yangu ya kwanza!

Quote:
Ingawa wazungu waliendeleza biashara hizo. Mfano mzuri ni Waafrica kuchukuliwa kwa nguvu kupelekwa America kuteswa na kuuzwa. Pia walituletea hata Africa. Kwa waliopata kutembelea Makanisa ya Mkunazini wataona athari zake hizo. Watumwa wakichukuliwa Bara na kuwekwa makanisani na kuuzwa. Hivyo ni kwa ufupi tuu. Ukitaka mengine Inshallah utapata majibu safi kabisa

Katika nchi nyingi za ulaya kukana kuwa palikuwa na Holocaust ni kosa la jinai. Wamefanya hivi kutokana kuwa na hofu ya kwamba kwa kukana ukweli huu kutaruhusu kupenyezwa tena imani na vitendo vya kibaguzi dhidi ya wayahudi. Hii ikiruhusiwa itapelekea kurudia hali iliyotawala katika miaka ya 30 ambapo jumuia ya kijerumani iliona ni haki kumdhalilisha, kumgandamiza na hatimaye kumuua myahudi. Hii hali wasingetaka irudiwe ndiyo maana wanakuwa wakali kuhusu mtu yeyote anayejaribu kuandika upya historia kufuta vitendo vya kikatili vilivyofanywa dhidi ya wayahudi na wale wengine waliioonekana hawana nafasi katika jamii ya kijerumani.

Watu weusi tulikuwa na holocaust yetu. Kwa miaka mingi, mataifa ya wale ambao rangi zao zilikuwa nyeupe kulingana na sisi walikuja Afrika kutuvuna na kutupeleka kutumikishwa katika mashamba yao huko marekani ya kaskazini na kusini, carribean na kwa hapa nyumbani huko Pemba na Unguja. Wengine wetu walichukuliwa kwenda kuhudumia majumbani mwa wale waliojiona bora kuliko sisi huko ulaya, uarabuni n.k. Huko uarabuni wengi walihasiwa. Msingi wa hii biashara nzima ulikuwa ni kuwa mtu mweusi hastahili kuhesabiwa kama binadamu wengine. Yeye alikaribiana na wanyama hivyo ilikuwa halali kumuuza na kumliki kama ambavyo unaweza kummiliki ng'ombe au punda wako. Mama zetu walikuwa watu wa kuzalishwa wasio na haki yeyote juu ya miili yao. Yote haya yalikubalika katika jamii za wazungu na waarabu.

Afrika ya magharibi biashara ilimilikiwa na mataifa ya Ulaya na yale ya kaskazini mwa Afrika. Wazungu waliwasafirisha watu weusi kupitia bahari ya Atlantiki na wale wa Afrika ya Kaskazini kuvuka jangwa la sahara. Hapa kwetu biashara ilimilikiwa na waarabu kutoka Oman ambao baada ya muda walifungua soko kubwa la watumwa unguja ambapo watu weusi waliosafirishwa kupitia bandari za Bagamoyo, Mikindani, Kilwa n.k. walipigwa mnada.

Moja ya vitu walivyovifanya waingereza walipoingia Zanziba ni kumlazimisha Sultan kusimamisha hiyo haramu. Pale palipokuwa na soko la watumwa pakajengwa kanisa na pale palipokuwa na mlingoti wa kuwauzia hao watumwa pakawa ndiyo altare ya kanisa.

Inakuwaje leo hii, mtanzania (Befair) anaweza kuamka na kudai kuwa biashara ya utumwa unguja iliendeshwa ndani ya makanisa kama alivyoandika mwandishi hapo juu kwenye sehemu ya Dini/Imani? Inakuwaje, mtanzania mwingine (Zomba) anakuja anatetea uwongo huo?

Sasa kwa nini nimeileta hapa? Hapa kinachonitatiza si suala la dini, ni hilo la historia yangu. historia ya wale walionitangulia, waliokamatwa, kubebeshwa mizigo na hatimaye kuuzwa kama punda na hao waliojiona kuwa ni waungwana. Uandikishaji upya wa historia ndiyo mwanzo wa kuweka mizizi ya chuki katika sehemu moja ya jamii yetu. Kama hao, ambao ni wachache, ndio waliosababisha babu zetu kuuzwa kwa nini tusibebe mawe na kuwavurumusha? Kwa nini tusibomoe hilo kanisa lao na kuweka kitu kingine mbadala?

Mawazo kama haya ya kichonganishi ndiyo yaliyowafikisha wenzetu huko Ireland, Rwanda, Yugoslavia ya zamani na sasa huko Kenya hapo walipo hivi sasa. Maneno ya kichochezi kama haya yanatakiwa kukemewa na wale wote wenye nia njema na taifa letu. Mimi sijui historia inafundishwa vipi huko Zanzibar. Lakini kama huu ni mfano wa matokeo ya mafunzo hayo, tuna matatizo makubwa mbele yetu. Ni imani yangu kwa dhati kuwa kuna vitu ambavyo inatubidi kama waafrika kusimama pamoja bila kujali itikadi au dini zetu. Hili ni mojawapo. Mungu atunusuru wote.

Hiyo uliyoibandika hapa na kudai niliichomoa mimi kule kwenu ina uhusiano gani na post yangu ya mwanzo? Kwa kuibandika hapa unakusudia nini? Kuigeuza mada yangu ya udini kama unavyotaka wewe? Si ndiyo maana nilikwambia urudi kwenye shimo ulilotokea! chuki yako itakufikisha kubaya. Na hao mabikira utawasikia tu.

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Hapana siyo hiyo, ni hii hapa:

How the Bible was used to justify slavery:

The Christian church's main justification of the concept of slavery is based on Genesis 9:25-27. According to the Bible, the worldwide flood had concluded and there were only 8 humans alive on earth: Noah, his wife, their six sons and daughters in law. Noah's son Ham had seen "the nakedness of his father." So, Noah laid a curse -- not on Ham, who was guilty of some type of indiscretion. The sin was transferred to Noah's grandson Canaan. Such transference of sin from a guilty to an innocent person or persons is unusual in the world's religious and secular moral codes. It is normally considered highly unethical. However, it appears in many biblical passages. The curse extended to all of Canaan's descendants:
bullet Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "

Christians traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable. Author Anthony Pagden wrote:

"This reading of the Book of Genesis merged easily into a medieval iconographic tradition in which devils were always depicted as black. Later pseudo-scientific theories would be built around African skull shapes, dental structure, and body postures, in an attempt to find an unassailable argument--rooted in whatever the most persuasive contemporary idiom happened to be: law, theology, genealogy, or natural science -- why one part of the human race should live in perpetual indebtedness to another." 1

By today's secular and religious standards:
bullet slavery is immoral.
bullet cursing all of an individual's descendents into perpetual slavery because of an inappropriate act by an ancestor is immoral.
bullet laying a curse on the son of the person who committed the act is immoral.

But in ancient times, cursing a whole race into slavery was considered acceptable because it was in the Bible. The American slave owner felt that he was carrying out God's plan by buying and using slaves.

Hii inahusiana nini na utumwa nchini kwetu? Unataka kusema wamarekani walichukua watumwa hapa kwetu kwa sababu aya hii ndivyo ilivyowaelekeza? Au maana yako ni kuwa utumwa pale kwetu uliletwa na wazungu ambao waliongozwa na aya hii? Na baada ya kuona ukatili huu ndio waarabu kutoka Oman wakaja kutuondoa utumwani wakiongozwa na Qur'an tukufu? Au una maana nyingine?

 

[Alnadaby]

Jibu la hilo pia ulishapewa kule. Lakini kwa kuwa unakazania kujibiwa tena ni hili hapa:

1)Church apologises for slave trade
Dr Rowan Williams
Dr Rowan Williams says the apology is 'necessary'
The Church of England has voted to apologise to the descendants of victims of the slave trade.

An amendment "recognising the damage done" to those enslaved was backed overwhelmingly by the General Synod.
link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4694896.stm

2)Church considers slavery payments
Dr Rowan Williams on the Walk of Witness
Dr Williams took part in a procession marking the bicentenary
The Church of England is considering whether it should pay reparations for its role in the slave trade, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6494243.stm

3)The church's admission follows similar apologies by the late Pope John Paul II for the historic transgressions of the Roman Catholic church, its anti-semitism and the Inquisition.

Speakers in the synod debate acknowledged that the church had played its part in justifying slavery during the long campaign by William Wilberforce and others such as the former slave ship captain turned minister John Newton, composer of the hymn Amazing Grace, to secure its abolition. Wilberforce brought bills before parliament for 20 successive years until legislation to abolish the trade was passed.
link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/S...705628,00.html


Sasa ikiwa kanisa lenyewe linakubali lilijuhusisha na biashara ya utumwa wewe vipi unalitetea? mimi nakushangaa sana.

Sasa bado unataka liendelee kujadiliwa hapa au utalirudisha kule? mimi naona liuhusiano mkubwa na dini na si kama unavyotaka kupinda-pinda.

Hii inaitwa funga kazi.Hakuna hoja tena hapa.Dunia imeshapokea apology kutoka kwa makanisa na sasa tuishi kwa raha na amani.

 

[MaMkwe]

Mimi nawashangaa sana. Nilidhani nyie ni wasomi na mna uwezo wa kutafakari na kuchambua mambo. Mmekalia udini tu. Dini fulani ni mbaya, dini fulani ni nzuri. Utumwa kama uliletwa na Waarabu au Wazungu si yameshapita? Unataka tuwarudishie hao Wazungu na Waarabu tuwatie utumwani?

 

[Mulokole]

ebwana, tusidanganyane, ukristona uislamu, vilienedekeza na kuiendeleza sana biashara ya utumwa hapa afrika. hilo halikwepeki mazee.
thats the reality. sio uanngilikana tu, bali hata ukaoriki, uruteri nk.

 

[zomba]

ebwana, tusidanganyane, ukristona uislamu, vilienedekeza na kuiendeleza sana biashara ya utumwa hapa afrika. hilo halikwepeki mazee.
thats the reality. sio uanngilikana tu, bali hata ukaoriki, uruteri nk.

KWELI KABISA.

 

[X-PASTER]

ebwana, tusidanganyane, ukristona uislamu, vilienedekeza na kuiendeleza sana biashara ya utumwa hapa afrika. hilo halikwepeki mazee.
thats the reality. sio uanngilikana tu, bali hata ukaoriki, uruteri nk.

Nashindwa kuelewa, hivi ni Ukristo na Uislam ndio uliendesha utumwa au Waumini wa hizi dini kuu mbili ndo waliendeleza hii biashara, tufahamisheni hili.

 

[zomba]

Kuna kukiri kwa makanisa kuwa walikuwa yalikuwa yakijihusisha na biashara ya utumwa lakini sijasikia Msikiti ukijihusisha na biashara ya utumwa. Nijuavyo mimi, misikitini huwezi hata kujuwa tajiri nani, mtumwa nani, masikini nani kwani wote wanaswali bega kwa bega na hakuna reservation ya viti.

 

[Madela Wa- Madilu]

Zomba.
Tatizo lako ni kushindwa kutofautisha Uislamu na Uarabu.
Hapa majuu nina marafiki wengi toka Misri, Iran ,Iraq na Saudi Arabia ambao ni wakristo jeneresheni zao zote na ni waarabu pure.

Ukweli kwamba Biashara ya utumwa nchini Tanzania iliendeshwa na Waarabu unakuuma kiasi kwamba unaona ni sawa na kusema Biashara hiyo iliendesha na Waislamu.

Hapa USA tuna waislamu wengi sana ambao hawajawahi kutoka nje ya Marekani. Cha ajabu ni kwamba Marekani yote inajurikana ni ya wakristo.
Wamarekani wakiitwa masheatani na baadhi ya waislamu ni pamoja na jamaa zao hao waislamu wamarekani.

Kuchanganganya mambo hakusaidii kujenga hoja.

Umechanganya mambo sasa unashindwa kuikabili hoja.

 

[Madela Wa- Madilu]

Kuna kukiri kwa makanisa kuwa walikuwa yalikuwa yakijihusisha na biashara ya utumwa lakini sijasikia Msikiti ukijihusisha na biashara ya utumwa. Nijuavyo mimi, misikitini huwezi hata kujuwa tajiri nani, mtumwa nani, masikini nani kwani wote wanaswali bega kwa bega na hakuna reservation ya viti.

Huwezi kureserve viti msikitini kwa sababu moja tu.

Msikitini hakuna viti.

Mstari wa mbele na haswa karibu na msalishaji sharti wakae wale wenye ujuzi wa kusalisha, endapo tu jambo litampata msalishaji waendeleze ibada.

Je hiyo si reservation?

 

[zomba]

Huwezi kureserve viti msikitini kwa sababu moja tu.

Msikitini hakuna viti.

Mstari wa mbele na haswa karibu na msalishaji sharti wakae wale wenye ujuzi wa kusalisha, endapo tu jambo litampata msalishaji waendeleze ibada.

Je hiyo si reservation?

Uwongo Huo! nakukaribisha msikitini au kama hutaki kwenda na mimi, ingia msikiti wowote , halafu nenda mstari wa mbele uone kama hutosali, kumbuka kutawadha kabla hujaingia msikitini na usisahau kuvuwa viatu kabla ya kuingia.

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Uwongo Huo! nakukaribisha msikitini au kama hutaki kwenda na mimi, ingia msikiti wowote , halafu nenda mstari wa mbele uone kama hutosali, kumbuka kutawadha kabla hujaingia msikitini na usisahau kuvuwa viatu kabla ya kuingia.

Toka mwanzo nimekuambia pengine umesoma lakini haujaelimika. Umeambiwa kuwa hauwezi kureserve kiti msikitini kwa sababu hamtumii viti humo. Sasa unataka kureserve nafasi ya kwenye jamvi?

Unachanganya ukristu na kanisa.Tunapozungumzia kanisa hatuzumzii jengo tu, tunazungumzia mfumo mzima wa uendeshaji na uongozi. Ndiyo maana kanisa lilifanya biashara. Wakatoliki wana mabenki, mashamba na kadhalika. Waanglikana nao wana investments kama hizo. Hizo biashara zinatawaliwa na kanisa. Wakati wa utumwa, hii ilikuwa biashara inayolipa sana na kanisa lilihusika kama wafanyabiashara wengine. Kanisa lilitumia watumwa katika mashamba yake na lilipinga sana hii biashara kufutwa kwa sababu ingeathiri investments zake. Lakini ulifika wakati kanisa likakubali kujitoa katika biashara hiyo na kwa kiasi kikubwa likaongoza vita dhidi ya hii biashara. Hayo makosa ndiyo viongozi wa kanisa Anglikana wanakiri. Si kwamba waliuzia watumwa kanisan, bali waliwekeza kwenye hiyo biashara na walinufaika nayo.

Uislamu hauna mfumo kama huo. Kila msikiti ni kivyake. Hamna institutions kama zilivyo Church of England na the Roman Catholic Church. Ndiyo maana hatuzungumzii msikiti kwa namna hiyo. Ila waislamu walishiriki kwenye hii biashara. Ila kwa sababu waislamu hakuna institutions kama zilivyo kwenye ukristu, hii biashara iliendeshwa na watu binafsi ikijumuisha na watawala ambao waliamini kuwa Qur'an inaruhusi hivyo. Kwa mfano ujumbe wa masheikh kutoka Qatar walioenda kuhudhuria kusimikwa kwa Malkia Elizabeth wapili waliongozana na watumwa wao. Miaka mitano baadaye waliongozana tena na watumwa kutembelea uingereza.
Aya zinazotumika katika Qur'an kutetea hoja ya kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya uislamu ni kama hii ifuatayo:

33:50 - "Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty."

zilitumika kutetea kuwa mwenyezi Mungu amewapa haki waislamu kuwa na watumwa. Mwaka 2003, sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan alisema wazi kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya dini ya kiisalamu. Quote yake hiyo hapo chini:

A leading Saudi government cleric and author of the country's religious curriculum believes Islam advocates slavery.
"Slavery is a part of Islam," says Sheik Saleh Al-Fawzan, according to the independent Saudi Information Agency, or SIA.


Sheik Al-Fawzan

In a lecture recorded on tape by SIA, the sheik said, "Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam."

His religious books are used to teach 5 million Saudi students, both within the country and abroad, including the United States.

Al Fawzan – a member of the Senior Council of Clerics, Saudi Arabia's highest religious body – says Muslims who contend Islam is against slavery "are ignorant, not scholars."

"They are merely writers," he said, according to SIA. "Whoever says such things is an infidel."

Al-Fawzan's best-known textbook, "Al-Tawheed – Monotheism," says most Muslims are polytheists, and their blood and money are therefore free for the taking by "true Muslims."

SIA said although the Saudi government claims religious curriculum is being reformed, Al-Fawzan's books are still in wide use.

Al-Fawzan is a member of the Council of Religious Edicts and Research, the Imam of Prince Mitaeb Mosque in Riyadh and a professor at Imam Mohamed Bin Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia's main center of learning for the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.

SIA noted Al-Fawzan, a leading opponent of curriculum reform, opposes elections and demonstrations as Western influences, is against Arab women marrying non- Arab Muslims and has issued a fatwa forbidding the watching of television.

Al-Fawzan has threatened to behead a Saudi writer and scholar, Sheik Hassan Al-Maliki, for his criticism of Wahhabism, according to SIA. Al-Maliki was fired from his position with the ministry of education after writing a 50- page paper criticizing Al-Fawzan's book "Al-Tawheed."

Wengine wamesema hata mtume Mohammed(S.A.W) alikuwa na watumwa na kama ilivyokuwa desturi ya wakati ule alitembea nao.

Ibn Sa'd's "Tabaqat", gives a clear description of Muhammad having "relations" with at least one of his slave girls. Muhammad had sexual relations with Mariyah, his Coptic slave. Mariyah and her sister, Sirin were slaves given as gifts to Muhammad. Muhammad gave Sirin to Hasan Thabit, the poet. Ibn Sa'd says that Muhammad "liked Mariyah, who was of white complexion, with curly hair and pretty." [Taken from Ibn Sa'd's "Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir" (Book of the Major Classes), p151].

Kwa kifupi, hakuna dini kati ya ukristu na uislamu ambayo wafuasi wake hawakushiriki katika biashara na mfumo wa utumwa. Isichukuliwe kuwa kwa sababu viongozi wa kikristu wameomba msamaha kuwa ni wao peke yao. La hasha, wengine kwa sababu zao wenyewe bado wana kigugumizi kwenye hili.

Tukirudi kwenye mada yangu, hapa kwetu utumwa ulikuweko hata kabla hatujaingiliwa na wageni. Matekwa wa kivita mara nyingi walifanywa watumwa. Watu waliouwa waliadhibiwa kuwa watumwa wa familia ambayo marehemu alitokea. Walichokifanya wageni ni ku'industrialise' hii biashara na kuingiza suala la rangi. Waarabu waliokuja katika pwani hizi hata kabla ya uislamu walichukuwa watumwa. Watumwa hawa walitumika kubeba ivory na bidhaa nyingine ambazo walikusanya kutoka ndani ya nchi. Baadhi ya makabila (k.m. wanyamwezi) waliwasaidia wageni hawa kukamata watumwa kutoka kwenye makabila mengine. Hawa wageni sehemu kubwa walikuwa ni waarabu lakini inawezekana kabisa kuwa wachina, waindonesia na wahindi nao walishiriki. Biashara hii ilishamiri sana chini ya utawala wa waarabu kutoka Oman. Badala ya kuwa biashara sindikizaji ikawa ndio main trade. Hii hasa ilitokea pale ambapo mataifa ya magharibi yalipopiga marufuku biashara hii. Wale wenye mashamba kwenye visiwa vya bahari Hindi (Mauritius, madagascar n.k) walikuwa wanakuja Zanziba kununua watumwa. Soko la Zanziba likaja kuwa ndiyo soko kubwa la wazi la watumwa Afrika nzima pengine duniani. Katika kujaribu kuzuia biashara hii, marekani na uingereza wakaanzisha ubalozi Zanziba na hatimaye waliweza kumshinikiza Sultan Sayyid Barghash kupiga marufuku BIASHARA ya utumwa ingawa utumwa uliendelea kuweko maana watu waliruhusiwa kuwa na watumwa. Watumwa hawa waliendelea kuweko mpaka mwisho wa utawala wa wajerumani.

sasa, kama kuna mahali nimekosea naomba nisahihishwe. Kwa hoja lakini na sio ushabiki!

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Uwongo Huo! nakukaribisha msikitini au kama hutaki kwenda na mimi, ingia msikiti wowote , halafu nenda mstari wa mbele uone kama hutosali, kumbuka kutawadha kabla hujaingia msikitini na usisahau kuvuwa viatu kabla ya kuingia.

Toka mwanzo nimekuambia pengine umesoma lakini haujaelimika. Umeambiwa kuwa hauwezi kureserve kiti msikitini kwa sababu hamtumii viti humo. Sasa unataka kureserve nafasi ya kwenye jamvi?

Unachanganya ukristu na kanisa.Tunapozungumzia kanisa hatuzumzii jengo tu, tunazungumzia mfumo mzima wa uendeshaji na uongozi. Ndiyo maana kanisa lilifanya biashara. Wakatoliki wana mabenki, mashamba na kadhalika. Waanglikana nao wana investments kama hizo. Hizo biashara zinatawaliwa na kanisa. Wakati wa utumwa, hii ilikuwa biashara inayolipa sana na kanisa lilihusika kama wafanyabiashara wengine. Kanisa lilitumia watumwa katika mashamba yake na lilipinga sana hii biashara kufutwa kwa sababu ingeathiri investments zake. Lakini ulifika wakati kanisa likakubali kujitoa katika biashara hiyo na kwa kiasi kikubwa likaongoza vita dhidi ya hii biashara. Hayo makosa ndiyo viongozi wa kanisa Anglikana wanakiri. Si kwamba waliuzia watumwa kanisan, bali waliwekeza kwenye hiyo biashara na walinufaika nayo.

Uislamu hauna mfumo kama huo. Kila msikiti ni kivyake. Hamna institutions kama zilivyo Church of England na the Roman Catholic Church. Ndiyo maana hatuzungumzii msikiti kwa namna hiyo. Ila waislamu walishiriki kwenye hii biashara. Ila kwa sababu waislamu hakuna institutions kama zilivyo kwenye ukristu, hii biashara iliendeshwa na watu binafsi ikijumuisha na watawala ambao waliamini kuwa Qur'an inaruhusi hivyo. Kwa mfano ujumbe wa masheikh kutoka Qatar walioenda kuhudhuria kusimikwa kwa Malkia Elizabeth wapili waliongozana na watumwa wao. Miaka mitano baadaye waliongozana tena na watumwa kutembelea uingereza.
Aya zinazotumika katika Qur'an kutetea hoja ya kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya uislamu ni kama hii ifuatayo:

33:50 - "Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty."

zilitumika kutetea kuwa mwenyezi Mungu amewapa haki waislamu kuwa na watumwa. Mwaka 2003, sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan alisema wazi kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya dini ya kiisalamu. Quote yake hiyo hapo chini:

A leading Saudi government cleric and author of the country's religious curriculum believes Islam advocates slavery.
"Slavery is a part of Islam," says Sheik Saleh Al-Fawzan, according to the independent Saudi Information Agency, or SIA.


Sheik Al-Fawzan

In a lecture recorded on tape by SIA, the sheik said, "Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam."

His religious books are used to teach 5 million Saudi students, both within the country and abroad, including the United States.

Al Fawzan – a member of the Senior Council of Clerics, Saudi Arabia's highest religious body – says Muslims who contend Islam is against slavery "are ignorant, not scholars."

"They are merely writers," he said, according to SIA. "Whoever says such things is an infidel."

Al-Fawzan's best-known textbook, "Al-Tawheed – Monotheism," says most Muslims are polytheists, and their blood and money are therefore free for the taking by "true Muslims."

SIA said although the Saudi government claims religious curriculum is being reformed, Al-Fawzan's books are still in wide use.

Al-Fawzan is a member of the Council of Religious Edicts and Research, the Imam of Prince Mitaeb Mosque in Riyadh and a professor at Imam Mohamed Bin Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia's main center of learning for the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.

SIA noted Al-Fawzan, a leading opponent of curriculum reform, opposes elections and demonstrations as Western influences, is against Arab women marrying non- Arab Muslims and has issued a fatwa forbidding the watching of television.

Al-Fawzan has threatened to behead a Saudi writer and scholar, Sheik Hassan Al-Maliki, for his criticism of Wahhabism, according to SIA. Al-Maliki was fired from his position with the ministry of education after writing a 50- page paper criticizing Al-Fawzan's book "Al-Tawheed."

Wengine wamesema hata mtume Mohammed(S.A.W) alikuwa na watumwa na kama ilivyokuwa desturi ya wakati ule alitembea nao.

Ibn Sa'd's "Tabaqat", gives a clear description of Muhammad having "relations" with at least one of his slave girls. Muhammad had sexual relations with Mariyah, his Coptic slave. Mariyah and her sister, Sirin were slaves given as gifts to Muhammad. Muhammad gave Sirin to Hasan Thabit, the poet. Ibn Sa'd says that Muhammad "liked Mariyah, who was of white complexion, with curly hair and pretty." [Taken from Ibn Sa'd's "Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir" (Book of the Major Classes), p151].

Kwa kifupi, hakuna dini kati ya ukristu na uislamu ambayo wafuasi wake hawakushiriki katika biashara na mfumo wa utumwa. Isichukuliwe kuwa kwa sababu viongozi wa kikristu wameomba msamaha kuwa ni wao peke yao. La hasha, wengine kwa sababu zao wenyewe bado wana kigugumizi kwenye hili.

Tukirudi kwenye mada yangu, hapa kwetu utumwa ulikuweko hata kabla hatujaingiliwa na wageni. Matekwa wa kivita mara nyingi walifanywa watumwa. Watu waliouwa waliadhibiwa kuwa watumwa wa familia ambayo marehemu alitokea. Walichokifanya wageni ni ku'industrialise' hii biashara na kuingiza suala la rangi. Waarabu waliokuja katika pwani hizi hata kabla ya uislamu walichukuwa watumwa. Watumwa hawa walitumika kubeba ivory na bidhaa nyingine ambazo walikusanya kutoka ndani ya nchi. Baadhi ya makabila (k.m. wanyamwezi) waliwasaidia wageni hawa kukamata watumwa kutoka kwenye makabila mengine. Hawa wageni sehemu kubwa walikuwa ni waarabu lakini inawezekana kabisa kuwa wachina, waindonesia na wahindi nao walishiriki. Biashara hii ilishamiri sana chini ya utawala wa waarabu kutoka Oman. Badala ya kuwa biashara sindikizaji ikawa ndio main trade. Hii hasa ilitokea pale ambapo mataifa ya magharibi yalipopiga marufuku biashara hii. Wale wenye mashamba kwenye visiwa vya bahari Hindi (Mauritius, madagascar n.k) walikuwa wanakuja Zanziba kununua watumwa. Soko la Zanziba likaja kuwa ndiyo soko kubwa la wazi la watumwa Afrika nzima pengine duniani. Katika kujaribu kuzuia biashara hii, marekani na uingereza wakaanzisha ubalozi Zanziba na hatimaye waliweza kumshinikiza Sultan Sayyid Barghash kupiga marufuku BIASHARA ya utumwa ingawa utumwa uliendelea kuweko maana watu waliruhusiwa kuwa na watumwa. Watumwa hawa waliendelea kuweko mpaka mwisho wa utawala wa wajerumani.

sasa, kama kuna mahali nimekosea naomba nisahihishwe. Kwa hoja lakini na sio ushabiki!

 

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Toka mwanzo nimekuambia pengine umesoma lakini haujaelimika. Umeambiwa kuwa hauwezi kureserve kiti msikitini kwa sababu hamtumii viti humo. Sasa unataka kureserve nafasi ya kwenye jamvi?

Unachanganya ukristu na kanisa.Tunapozungumzia kanisa hatuzumzii jengo tu, tunazungumzia mfumo mzima wa uendeshaji na uongozi. Ndiyo maana kanisa lilifanya biashara. Wakatoliki wana mabenki, mashamba na kadhalika. Waanglikana nao wana investments kama hizo. Hizo biashara zinatawaliwa na kanisa. Wakati wa utumwa, hii ilikuwa biashara inayolipa sana na kanisa lilihusika kama wafanyabiashara wengine. Kanisa lilitumia watumwa katika mashamba yake na lilipinga sana hii biashara kufutwa kwa sababu ingeathiri investments zake. Lakini ulifika wakati kanisa likakubali kujitoa katika biashara hiyo na kwa kiasi kikubwa likaongoza vita dhidi ya hii biashara. Hayo makosa ndiyo viongozi wa kanisa Anglikana wanakiri. Si kwamba waliuzia watumwa kanisan, bali waliwekeza kwenye hiyo biashara na walinufaika nayo.

Uislamu hauna mfumo kama huo. Kila msikiti ni kivyake. Hamna institutions kama zilivyo Church of England na the Roman Catholic Church. Ndiyo maana hatuzungumzii msikiti kwa namna hiyo. Ila waislamu walishiriki kwenye hii biashara. Ila kwa sababu waislamu hakuna institutions kama zilivyo kwenye ukristu, hii biashara iliendeshwa na watu binafsi ikijumuisha na watawala ambao waliamini kuwa Qur'an inaruhusi hivyo. Kwa mfano ujumbe wa masheikh kutoka Qatar walioenda kuhudhuria kusimikwa kwa Malkia Elizabeth wapili waliongozana na watumwa wao. Miaka mitano baadaye waliongozana tena na watumwa kutembelea uingereza.
Aya zinazotumika katika Qur'an kutetea hoja ya kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya uislamu ni kama hii ifuatayo:



zilitumika kutetea kuwa mwenyezi Mungu amewapa haki waislamu kuwa na watumwa. Mwaka 2003, sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan alisema wazi kuwa utumwa ni sehemu ya dini ya kiisalamu. Quote yake hiyo hapo chini:


Wengine wamesema hata mtume Mohammed(S.A.W) alikuwa na watumwa na kama ilivyokuwa desturi ya wakati ule alitembea nao.



Kwa kifupi, hakuna dini kati ya ukristu na uislamu ambayo wafuasi wake hawakushiriki katika biashara na mfumo wa utumwa. Isichukuliwe kuwa kwa sababu viongozi wa kikristu wameomba msamaha kuwa ni wao peke yao. La hasha, wengine kwa sababu zao wenyewe bado wana kigugumizi kwenye hili.

Tukirudi kwenye mada yangu, hapa kwetu utumwa ulikuweko hata kabla hatujaingiliwa na wageni. Matekwa wa kivita mara nyingi walifanywa watumwa. Watu waliouwa waliadhibiwa kuwa watumwa wa familia ambayo marehemu alitokea. Walichokifanya wageni ni ku'industrialise' hii biashara na kuingiza suala la rangi. Waarabu waliokuja katika pwani hizi hata kabla ya uislamu walichukuwa watumwa. Watumwa hawa walitumika kubeba ivory na bidhaa nyingine ambazo walikusanya kutoka ndani ya nchi. Baadhi ya makabila (k.m. wanyamwezi) waliwasaidia wageni hawa kukamata watumwa kutoka kwenye makabila mengine. Hawa wageni sehemu kubwa walikuwa ni waarabu lakini inawezekana kabisa kuwa wachina, waindonesia na wahindi nao walishiriki. Biashara hii ilishamiri sana chini ya utawala wa waarabu kutoka Oman. Badala ya kuwa biashara sindikizaji ikawa ndio main trade. Hii hasa ilitokea pale ambapo mataifa ya magharibi yalipopiga marufuku biashara hii. Wale wenye mashamba kwenye visiwa vya bahari Hindi (Mauritius, madagascar n.k) walikuwa wanakuja Zanziba kununua watumwa. Soko la Zanziba likaja kuwa ndiyo soko kubwa la wazi la watumwa Afrika nzima pengine duniani. Katika kujaribu kuzuia biashara hii, marekani na uingereza wakaanzisha ubalozi Zanziba na hatimaye waliweza kumshinikiza Sultan Sayyid Barghash kupiga marufuku BIASHARA ya utumwa ingawa utumwa uliendelea kuweko maana watu waliruhusiwa kuwa na watumwa. Watumwa hawa waliendelea kuweko mpaka mwisho wa utawala wa wajerumani.

sasa, kama kuna mahali nimekosea naomba nisahihishwe. Kwa hoja lakini na sio ushabiki!

Na baada ya hapo waanglikana kwa kupinga kwao utumwa wakaamuwa kujenga kanisa kwenye jela la watumwa, walitaka iwe ukumbusho kwa vizazi vijavyo, ndio wakaamuwa kujenga kanisa kwenye hiyo jela ya watumwa.

Au siyo? does it make sense to you?

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Mimi nawashangaa sana. Nilidhani nyie ni wasomi na mna uwezo wa kutafakari na kuchambua mambo. Mmekalia udini tu. Dini fulani ni mbaya, dini fulani ni nzuri. Utumwa kama uliletwa na Waarabu au Wazungu si yameshapita? Unataka tuwarudishie hao Wazungu na Waarabu tuwatie utumwani?

Mama Mkwe. tofauti kubwa ya wayahudi na sisi waafrika ni jinsi tunavyochukua historia. Ingawa holocaust ilitokea miaka 60 iliyopita wayahudi hawachoki na hawasiti kuikumbusha dunia kuwa ilitokea na wao kama jamii walifanyiwa maovu wakati dunia ikiangalia. Sisi waafrika ambao tulifanyiwa maovu kupindukia na karibu jamii zote hapa duniani tunakuaje wepesi kusema kuwa yaliyopita si ndwele? Matokeo yake ndiyo hizi juhudi za wahusika kujaribu kuandika upya historia kujikosha na hatimae kusema ilikuwa kwa faidi yetu. Kuna watu marekani wameishasema kuwa wamarekani weusi inabidi wawashukuru wale waliowatoa Afrika ukiangalia msoto uliotanda Afrika. Vijana wangapi ambao hawakuujua ukoloni wanaodai kuwa aheri kuwa mbwa wa kizungu kuliko kubaki Afrika. Haya ndio matokeo ya kusahau historia na kuruhusu wenye nia mbaya waiandike upya. Mimi ninachopinga ni huku kuandika upya historia. Sijali alihusika nani. Sitaki hata thumuni yao lakini wasininyang'anye utu wangu kwa kunitukana kwa kukana kuhusika kwao. Tugange kweli lakini tusisahau tulikotoka. Mimi ni mtu mweusi na wote hao, wazungu na waarabu waliacha makovu ya viboko vyao kwenye mgongo wangu.

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

Na baada ya hapo waanglikana kwa kupinga kwao utumwa wakaamuwa kujenga kanisa kwenye jela la watumwa, walitaka iwe ukumbusho kwa vizazi vijavyo, ndio wakaamuwa kujenga kanisa kwenye hiyo jela ya watumwa.

Au siyo? does it make sense to you?

Sasa ulitaka wajenge wapi? Kwanza sio jela bali ni sehemu walipokuwa wakiwekwa watumwa kabla ya kupigwa mnada. Jela ni mahali pa kuadhibu mkosaji. Ulitaka wabakize picha tuu ambazo ungekuja kusema wali'photoshop'. Nenda bagamoyo na makumbusho iliyokuwa inakumbukumbu nyingi za utumwa iko kanisani.

 

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NADHANI HAPO UNAPOONGEA HUJAFIKA KUPAONA. Halafu ahsante kwa kunisaidia kukubali kuwa makanisa hujengwa kwenye jela za watumwa. Na sasa ndio naelewa kwa nini waAnglikana wanaomba msamaha kwa kujihusisha kwao na biashara ya utumwa. Ni kwa sababu tu, waliweka kumbu-kumbu ya jela za watumwa.

 

[Fundi Mchundo]

NADHANI HAPO UNAPOONGEA HUJAFIKA KUPAONA. Halafu ahsante kwa kunisaidia kukubali kuwa makanisa hujengwa kwenye jela za watumwa. Na sasa ndio naelewa kwa nini waAnglikana wanaomba msamaha kwa kujihusisha kwao na biashara ya utumwa. Ni kwa sababu tu, waliweka kumbu-kumbu ya jela za watumwa.

Si kufika tu. na kusali nimeisha sali kwenye hilo kanisa.

Haujaelewa. Kwa kifupi hawaombi msamaha kwa kuweka kumbukumbu ya jeshi! kwa nini waombe msamaha kwa hilo? Kwani ni kitu kiovu kuweka kumbukumbu? Lakini naona niachie hapo maana nadhani umefika kikomo cha kuelewa kwako.

 

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Si kufika tu. na kusali nimeisha sali kwenye hilo kanisa.

Haujaelewa. Kwa kifupi hawaombi msamaha kwa kuweka kumbukumbu ya jeshi! kwa nini waombe msamaha kwa hilo? Kwani ni kitu kiovu kuweka kumbukumbu? Lakini naona niachie hapo maana nadhani umefika kikomo cha kuelewa kwako.

Kumbe ni muAnglikana ndio maana umetetea kwa nguvu zako zote, my friend you are a victim of being highly brain-washed.