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I am very far, indeed, from implying that excessive indulgence in polygamy is the universal state of Moslem society. Happily this is not the case. I AM VERY FAR INDEED FROM IMPLYING THAT EXCESSIVE INDULGENCE IN POLYGAMI IS A UNIVERSAL STATE OF MOSLEM SOCIETY HAPPILY THIS IS NOT THE CASE
and Georgian girls) are taken in marriage; and after that, on being sold again, they receive from their masters a divorce, and are sold in their houses--that is to say, they are sent to the purchaser from their master's house on receipt of payment, and are not exposed for sale in the slave-market. They are only _married_ when purchased for the first time.... When the poorer people buy (female) slaves they keep them for themselves, and change them every year as one would replace old things by new; but the women who have children are not sold.[65] [Sidenote: Islam sanctions a license between the sexes which Christianity forbids. The laws of Christianity deter men from carnal indulgences. Islam the "Easy Way."] What I desire to make clear is the fact that such things may be practiced _with the sanction_ of the Scripture which the Moslem holds to be divine, and that these same indulgences have from the first existed as inducements which helped materially to forward the spread of the faith. RIAGE SELDOM LASTS MORE THAN A YEAR OR TWO AND OF SLAVE GIRLS AND THE SAME HIGH AND IMPARTIAL AUTHORITY STILL WRITING OF THE HOLY CITY AND OF HER FELLOW MOSLEM STEALTHES SOME OF THE WOMEN AFRICAN AND GEORGIAN GIRLS ARE TAKEN IN MARRIAGE AND AFTER THAT ON BEING SOLD AGAIN THEY RECEIVE FROM THEIR MASTERS A DEVOES AND ARE SOLD IN THEIR HOUSES THAT IS TO SAY THEY ARE SENT TO THE PURCHASER FROM THEIR MASTER'S HOUSE ON DECEIT OF PAYMENT AND ARE NOT EXPOSED FOR SALE IN THE SLAVE MARKET THEY ARE ONLY MARRIED WHEN PURCHASED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE POORER PEOPLE BUY FEMALE SLAVES THEY KEEP THEM FOR THEMSELVES AND CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR AS ONE WOULD REPLACE OLD THINGS BY NEW BUT THE WOMEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN ARE NOT SOLD WHAT I DESIRED TO MAKE CLEAR IS THE FACT THAT SUCH THINGS MAY BE PRACTISED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH THE MOSLE IMPOSED TO BE DIVINE AND THAT THESE SAME INDULGENCES HAVE FROM THE FIRST EXISTED AS INDUCEMENTS WHICH HELP MATERIALLY TO FORWARD THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH
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