Perhaps they never heard of abolition.
Saudi Arabia, a place where one can still visit the seventh century and not be in a museum.
If not for the West ending slavery as an institution through international agreements, much of the Islamic world would still be openly practicing the trade.
Via WTOP / Drudge Report
By the way, in case anyone didn’t notice – those exotic harem girls so much a part of the exotic quintessential atmosphere of 101 Arabian Nights, the Sultan’s Palace and such… those were mostly Christian sex slaves.
Where’s Obama, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, et al when all this is going on? You can rest assured if this had been a couple of blacks being held against their will by non-Moslem whites they’d be all over it like white on rice.