...moderate Moslems ignore such verses because they were uttered a long time ago: when the Arabian peninsula, from whence Islam came, was a wild and savage place....it was a wild and savage place because Mohammed was living there at the time. Thanks neverdem.
Modern day sex slavery and Israel:
The only functoning democracy in the Middle East and one of America’s staunchest allies.
According to the following website: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engMDE150172000 "In Israel prior to March 2000, crimes such as slavery and the buying and selling of (women) were not criminal offences."