This un-ethical practice is not Islam custom, but instead originates from Egypt, Sudan and Somalia. When Islam entered Africa, newly converted women, wanting to continue and spread the practice, linked it to the Islamic religion causing it to spread to and be popular in other Islamic countries (Peters, 1995). Another major problem faced by the women of Islam is sexual slavery. Sexual slavery is openly practised in Saudia Arabia, Pakistan and Sudan, and has been an occurring problem for years. In Saudia Arabia, slavery was outlawed in 1962, much later than the rest of the world (Spencer, 2007). However, the outlawing of slavery did not put a stop to the vast amount of sexual slavery and women trafficking done in these countries. Due to the vast amounts of Islamic women in Saudia Arabia and Sudan, sexual slavery has been incorporated into the traditions of the religion, not only in these two countries, but is also found in other Islam dominant countries. Islamic women are kept captive and held as sexual slaves and must abide to the rules of their male leaders. In Pakistan, female trafficking is a cultural norm, as women are trafficked for prostitution, forced marriage and domestic labour. Both sexual slavery and female trafficking are still a huge issue in our world today, and still occur in these countries. These women's rights are deprived, as these Islamic females are seen as objects as opposed to equal human beings. From its roots in Saudia Arabian culture and values, this act of sexual slavery has spread to other middle eastern cultures due to the adoption of slavery by Islamic men. Not only is sexual slavery now dominant in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Pakistan, but is now found in the middle eastern Islamic society as a whole (SAUDI PRINCES' CORRUPTION, GLOBAL PROSTITUTION RINGS AND INTERNATIONAL CHILD SEX SLAVE TRADE). The last Islamic practice that is a result from cultural values and norms is child marriage.
