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, known as sigheh, segheh, or mu’ta. Wealthy individuals from Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Kuwait travel to Egypt to purchase women and girls for temporary marriages
originally posted by: TheInhumanCentipede
Well, according to the only scholarly Islamic records ("Hadiths"), this religion's revered "prophet" - Muhammad - among his nine(9) wives, married a 6-year-old ("Aisha") -- consummating the relationship when the child reached 9 years of age...
originally posted by: anticitizen
can you imagine running away frome your home and selling your daughter to pedophiles instead of fighting for your country?
completely different culture...
originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: Indigo5
And for the sake of argument,an apocalyptic disaster would then turn us into, pedophile child sex slave traders as parents?
originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: Indigo5
All that kinda goes out the window, as millions of people aren't fleeing America, surely there's wide spread surreptitious and vile acts taking place. Is it really a generalization? Have you been to the sand box? What about the ones who aren't fleeing, what are they up to? Which population contains the least fanatical and sharia law abiding extremists? The ones fleeing or the ones staying? Eitherway the numbers are staggering.
originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: Indigo5
Which population contains the least fanatical and sharia law abiding extremists? The ones fleeing or the ones staying? Eitherway the numbers are staggering.
The American colonies followed the English tradition, but the law was more of a guide. For example, Mary Hathaway (Virginia, 1689) was only 9 when she was married to William Williams. Sir Edward Coke (England, 17th century) made it clear that "the marriage of girls under 12 was normal, and the age at which a girl who was a wife was eligible for a dower from her husband's estate was 9 even though her husband be only four years old".