Here is another excellent vid on the topic of red sea slave trade/ trans sahara...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT_RSDeAYjI
I think I can understand the motivation in Africa to be a muslim.... muslims cannot enslave one another... or so they say.... so its a get out of jail free card if there are muslim slavers around.
The muslims took these captives and bred at home slaves and created armies placing these guys on the front line to go and conquer territories, slaughtering Christians and Jews, thereby not risking Arab lives.
For the African Americans to convert to Islam? Flippin rubbish! They should just get off their horse and integrate, get educated and do something . Fit into the system like all other immigrants. There is no other place that offers greater opportunity if you want to employ your resources.
For Africans? They need UN protection, however that is difficult as the UN is largely a arm of the OIC.
Show me something that Islam has done to contribute to modern man...
American Black Muslims have a chip on their shoulder against whites otherwise they could go back to the black Christian church, be faithful to their women, be good fathers to their kids and get useful jobs. Why is it that only Muslims can do these things? Christianity stresses self-discipline without going to exremes as Islam does, so why do they feel like they can only have a strong community with Islam?