Muslim involvement

Submitted by Bronson (Australia), Jun 8, 2009 at 00:17

Of course Muslims were involved in the development of America from the very early days. It was Arab muslims who would descend on villages of black Africans and drag its inhabitants off to be sold into slavery to work the fields in America. They made a handsome profit from that business.

Those slaves helped make America what it is today, although Obama shouldn't attempt to benefit from this achievement, as he is not of that background. Those Arab muslims who ran (and still run) the slave trade helped make north Africa (Darfur, Somalia etc) what it is today. And that is more his background.

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