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First we are talking about the marriage contract itself. This is one thing, while consummating the marriage – having sex with the wife for the first time – is another thing.
The Prophet Muhammad is the model we follow. He took 'Aisha to be his wife when she was six, but he had sex with her only when she was nine.
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Please don't be the first fool to say ".. but Christians....". If this practice can't be defended without resorting to bashing another religion, then obviously it's a twisted religion indeed.
Child Marriage from the 6th Century AD - 1400 AD
By the time of the Yajnavalkyasmitri and its contemporary literature, we find that the fear of post-puberty marriage became so great that the marriageable age was brought down even lower. Nagnika, girls seven years old or younger, were regarded as the best by Vaikknasa. Marichi considered the best age for marriage of girls to be five years old. It was said that if a father does not give her girls in marriage, then the ancestors of the girl would drink the menstrual flow of the girl.
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Originally posted by dbates
I know that this has been brought up before about Muhammad having a 9 year old wife. Often we're told that this was just something done in the past. Still, here it is again. A Saudi Marriage Officiant goes on the record to state the following:
Originally posted by babloyi
I don't know how you spent your 4 months in Saudi Arabia, dbates, but I'm sure you've heard numerous times (even on this site, from it's muslim members), Saudi Arabia is not exactly the 'beacon for Islam'
Originally posted by MegaTherion
if I'm not mistaken, most people died at like, 25 in those days.
en.wikipedia.org...
On 31 October, 1396, when Isabella was six, she married the widower King Richard II of England, in a move for peace with France.
Originally posted by dbates
A 9 year old? Isn't it obvious that children that age are not physically prepared for child-bearing.
Oh, but pssst! If you kill yourself fighting "Infedels" you'll be going to heaven to get your own harem of virgins?
To me and a lot of other individuals, the focus of Islam seems to be on the ownership, manipulation, and abuse of women. That's what I get out of it.
Yeah, I lived in Saudi Arabia for 4 months. Women are treated just as I described.
Comments? Please don't be the first fool to say ".. but Christians....". If this practice can't be defended without resorting to bashing another religion, then obviously it's a twisted religion indeed.