freediver wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2014 at 8:41am:


Or India, who have the most child brides in the world.

Of course, you blame Hinduism, no?

Soren wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2014 at 10:48am:


Good grief, you can’t say that, old boy. FD will get offended.

Still, they’re not decent white people, so.I think you’ll be okay.

FD really is the master of selectivity when it comes to digging up what other people have written.

MumboJumbo wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2014 at 4:05pm:


What sources say she was 12 can the Islamic apologists cite them?

The Islamic texts all say Aisha was 6 when married and 9 when marriage was consummated-
sunnah.com/search/?q=aisha+consummated+marriage

From that article:

Aisha's age at the time she was married to Muhammad has been of interest since the earliest days of Islam, and references to her age by early historians are frequent.[6] American historian Denise Spellberg has reviewed Islamic literature on Aisha's virginity, age at marriage and age when the marriage was consummated.[6] Spellberg states, "Aisha's age is a major pre-occupation in Ibn Sa'd where her marriage varies between six and seven; nine seems constant as her age at the marriage's consummation." She notes one exception in Ibn Hisham's biography of the Prophet, which suggests the age of consummation may have been when Aisha was age 10, summarizing her review with the note that "these specific references to the bride's age reinforce Aisha's pre-menarcheal status and, implicitly, her virginity.

freediver wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2014 at 8:41am:


No denying that, FD but the problem with trying to hound Mohammed is that the poor old blighter is dead, buried and rotted away.  Bit hard to dig him up and hang him for any crimes he may have committed, isn't it?

Further, as I keep pointing out, he didn't commit the crime of Paedophilia.  Child marriage was common when he was alive.   Consummation of marriages at a young age was not unknown either, as the examples I posted showed.  Admittedly, I only touched on European nobility but I'm sure if I dug enough, I could find examples from other societies.

You and the other Islamophobes' problem is that you lack any objectivity.  Any at all, as far as Islam and it's history goes.   

By all means, bang on about child brides today, I'll join the chorus of condemnation.  However, condemning Mohammed for something that may have happened 1400 years ago?  Really?   

polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2014 at 2:48pm:


Please answer the questions Gandalf-

Do you think the sahih ahadith is wrong about Aishas age?

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So having sex with children is not pedophilia if everyone else is doing it? Are you you saying that Muhammed was indeed a pedophile, but not a criminal?

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It's from the article you used Gandalf. The most logical conclusion from the available evidence is that Muhammed had sex with the little girl before she reached puberty.