Re: [Marxism] Arab World Losing Tolerance For Indifferent Leaders

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

It should be no surprise that Mauritania has good ties with Israel;  
after all, they are one of the only countries in the world that still  
openly practice slavery.

Greg McDonald

<Those Arab governments like Jordan and Mauritania, who
are on friendly diplomatic terms with Israel, came in for yet more
criticism>

Slavery in Mauritania is an entrenched phenomenon the national  
government has repeatedly tried to abolish, banning the practice in  
1905, 1981, and August 2007.[1][2] The descendants of black Africans  
abducted into slavery now live in Mauritania as "black Moors" or  
haratin and partially still serve the "white Moors", or bidhan, as  
slaves.

The number of slaves in the country was not known exactly, but is was  
estimated to be up to 600,000 men, women and children, or 20% of the  
population [3][4]. Kevin Bales believes that the percentage of slaves  
was the highest in the world.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Mauritania>

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