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I am a wealthy Muslim merchant living in Marrakesh in the 1400s. I have just bought myself an African slave fresh off the market, but on the way home he tells me he too is a Muslim. What can I do – Islamically – to justify keeping him anyway?

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I am an Egyptian merchant travelling between Thebes and Memphis right before Alexander's invasion (330BCE). Through some magical device, I am transported to the eve of the Arab conquest (639CE). How much do I recognize of the cities that I used to live in?

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I am a wealthy Muslim merchant living in Marrakesh in the 1400s. I have just bought myself an African slave fresh off the market, but on the way home he tells me he too is a Muslim. What can I do – Islamically – to justify keeping him anyway?	199
I am an Egyptian merchant travelling between Thebes and Memphis right before Alexander's invasion (330BCE). Through some magical device, I am transported to the eve of the Arab conquest (639CE). How much do I recognize of the cities that I used to live in?	89