Child Slavery and the Practice of Camel Jockeying in Muslim Countries

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The International Labor Organization defines child labor as “work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical, social and mental development or morally dangerous and harmful to children. Many trafficked children are separated from their family or home community.” UNICEF estimates that 85 million children, or 10.5% of the world’s child population, are indentured in some form of servitude or child labor. According to the Maplecroft Child Labor Index, the worst countries for child trafficking and labor are predominantly Muslim, aside from Burundi and Myanmar. The ten countries are as follows:

  1. Eritrea
  2. Somalia
  3. DR Congo
  4. Myanmar
  5. Sudan
  6. Afghanistan
  7. Pakistan
  8. Yemen
  9. Burundi
  10. Nigeria

UNICEF reports that child labor has been on the decline worldwide since the year 2000, but is on the rise in six countries: Eritrea, Somalia, North Korea, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.

One of the more dangerous types of child labor comes in the form of camel jockeying. Camel racing originated from the Bedouin culture (also known as “tent culture”) and is practiced in Arab Persian Gulf Coast countries today. Races feature riders going between 40-65 km/hr around 10 km race track and using only one hand. As with all jockeying, the lighter the racer is, the more successful the animal will be. Therefore, children are highly coveted. The U.S. Dept. of State found that, “Each year, children as young as 2 are trafficked from countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sudan for use as jockeys in the Persian Gulf States. Youngsters had been killed or hurt, suffered head and spinal injuries and damaged genitals. Child camel jockeys are often sexually and physically abused; most are physically and mentally stunted, as they are deliberately starved to prevent weight gain.” The report also noted that almost all child jockeys live in “camps encircled with barbed wire near the racetracks.”

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The children who are lucky enough to be rescued from camel jockeying were predominantly trafficked from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, and Sudan. Perhaps the most tragic part of the child jockeying industry is that many of the children who are rescued were kidnapped when they were so young that they do not know who their parents are or what country they were taken from. Others were sold into slavery by their own parents, and cannot be returned home because their parents would simply resell them in a similar industry and the child would once again be a victim of human trafficking. Consequently, they often live in shelter homes until they are old enough to live on their own. The State Dept. found that:

“In December 2004 [when the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) outlawed child jockeying] the U.A.E. established a shelter to care for former child camel jockey victims. Many boys served by the shelter have been trampled, suffer from broken limbs and have never seen a doctor. As many as 400 children were reportedly rescued and repatriated through efforts of source country representatives and NGOs in 2004.”

Before the ban, there were up to 3,000 child jockeys in the UAE, “but only about 1,000 were returned home under a repatriation agenda” according to Catherine Turner, a child labour expert at Anti-Slavery International. She took pictures of the child jockeys in the UAE who were out in the “open” and stated that police and dignitaries were in the audience, and child labor is not being taken seriously.

One reason that dignitaries and police in the crowd were not concerned with the forced servitude of children is because child labor is allowed in Islam.

In December 2016, the article, “Child Labor: An Islamic Perspective,” was published by Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer and Dewan Mahboob Hossain, from the University of Malaya, Malaysia and the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, respectively.  The authors note that “when child labour is applied in business organizations, Islamic ethical principles can be followed.”

The authors go on to note:

“Islam allows child labour which is termed as “tashghil” as long as it is in line with the teachings and principles of Islam. Several prophetic traditions support this ruling. An Authentic hadith is reported by Muslim and narrated from Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him). Anas bin Malik said: Once the Messenger of Allah (the Prophet) came to me while I was playing with the boys. He greeted us and sent me on an errand. (Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Hadith 8).

Another authentic hadith is reported by Bukhari and narrated by Anas. Anas bin Malik said: Whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) went to the privy, a servant and I used to carry a skin water container and a spear and he would cleanse himself with the water (Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Hadith 87).

These references from Hadith prove that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to assign the children some works.” 

Camel jockeying is not the only form of child labor taking place in Muslim countries today, although it may be the most underreported. If you are disturbed with the practice and wish for the United States to take action against this egregious practice, contacting your local congressman or Senator is a constructive place to start.

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Fern
Fern
6 years ago

See, this is why the men from the countries listed above are often such freakish animals. They are abused continually shortly after birth. By the time they reach adulthood they are totally warped and ready for rape and jihad. The best we can do is keep them confined to their own countries.

MM
MM
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

No, even if they aren’t abused as children they are called to be abusive by their culture/book.

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

Left/Liberal Loons have bought and sold the “Islam is religion of peace” B.S. while ignoring the history of jihad and the present active ongoing jihadi attacks .

While Muslim youths in muslim only zones in EU/America practice the art of torturing and beheading infidels http://bit.ly/2tlUWt3 ….to prepare for future jihadi attacks !

AS YOU can see Left/Liberal Loons Run away when attacked !

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Marybjohnson
6 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

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Oldsailor65
Oldsailor65
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

Absolutely:

Quarantine Islam
Islam is like a disease and it should be quarantined.
Muslims should not be allowed outside of Muslim countries. When allowed to immigrate they don’t want to
become good citizens of a non-Muslim country.
They want to change it to become a Muslim country and to follow sharia
law. Allowing Muslims into the country
is like allowing rattlesnakes into your home.
I would prefer a rattlesnake to a Muslim.

Obama has infested this country with Islam for the sole purpose of knowing they will cause problem in this country forever until they are eradicated.

Catherine Marie Hines
Catherine Marie Hines
6 years ago
Reply to  Oldsailor65

Your right and well said.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Do mention this, among other outrages, to the u.n, as they would most certainly be interested in finding out who is complaining so appropriate reprisals can be made.

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6 years ago

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Oldsailor65
Oldsailor65
6 years ago

Like they say, “A picture is worth a thousand words”

Thank you

felix1999
felix1999
6 years ago

You will NEVER change these people.
Abused is NORMAL for them as they JUSTIFY it as serving their god in some form.

MM
MM
6 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Abused is the kid dancing Macarena in streets of saudi and he’s still acting normal around the spoilt ones

LadyLampLight
LadyLampLight
6 years ago

All cultures are equal? This slogan of the Multicultural Movement is used only to shame and silence any opposition to the riches of cultural diversity that agents of the global caliphate want us to one day embrace in our own lands. Call Evil for what it is and do not let it advance,

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
6 years ago

ALL TURD world countries. Where is the OUTRAGE of the left??

Too busy trying to make America into one!!

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

LOL, contact my senators? Feinswein? The beotch who assured me Fatah was moderate? Boxer, who didn’t even bother to respond when I told her I was tired of my tax dollars going to support islamic religious apartheid and terrorist states?

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

LOL a second time – and a third. Contacting my Senators, and Congressmen on a federal and state level are pure wastes of time. I routinely get a form letter from them thanking me for my opinion then going on to explain why I am wrong.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

In Caliphornication in the last federal election I had a choice of senators — both dem0rats. That’s democracy in the minds of the dem0rats and communists, you can vote for anyone as long as it’s one of our own.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

I currently live in Michigan and also have 2 Democrats. But I moved here from San Francisco so I am very familiar with California politics as well. In fact we have a U of M Bruins club here for all the UCLA grads who have moved to Michigan.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

Considering that all the UC campuses are nothing but islamic propaganda outlets now, UCLA can burn down for all I care and take their bears with them.
If there’s an anus to Caliphornia, it’s the Bay Area.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

Boyhood in the islamic world: camel jockeys and bacha bazi boys…

jim
jim
6 years ago

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam.

This is a fascinating, well illustrated and thoroughly documented response to the relentless anti-Christian propaganda that has been generated by Muslim and Marxist groups and by Hollywood film makers.

As Karl Marx declared: “The first battlefield is the re-writing of History ”

“Peter knows first hand the nature of the enemy the West is facing and exposes it brilliantly in this book on Islam.

He begins by documenting the close relationship between Islam and slavery and then chapter by chapter reveals the terrible cost of thirteen centuries of Islamic invasion, conquest and brutalisation.

This is a book that every Christian should read and pass along to friends; and one that every home-schooling family should require as part of their children’s curriculum.

https://books.google.com/…/Slavery_Terrorism_and_Islam…

pandainc
pandainc
6 years ago

Never ceases to amaze the degrees of inhumanity these ragheads use.

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