To be fair, he said "This is one of the aspects of the Islamic world that I do not like." That does not imply that the practice is limited to Islamic countries

To be fair, he said "This is one of the aspects of the Islamic world that I do not like." That does not imply that the practice is limited to Islamic countries, but it does imply that it is common in all Islamic countries. That said, I don't see any reason to believe the practice is a direct result of those countries being Islamic.