Where the NOW gang and the feminists when you need them?
Since they are PART of the “everyone is =” crowd, wherein every nation is the same and every culture (except the US, which is inferior), and hence they cannot question customs or disparage them, they have painted themselves in corners.
Since they’ve basically said Moslem culture is “good” and it’s OK to do all these things in Moslem culture (how dare we judge!), they cannot backtrack on their approval of this foreign culture.
Moreso, however, it’s probably because their hatred of the US as a non-communist republic trumps any “love” they have for women. Attacking Moslems would implicitly be approval of “US” culture.