“There is no Islamic justification for forced marriage,” says Samina, and yet there is ample support for child marriage, and how freely can a child really consent to such a thing? “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine […]
At least 716 girls under the age of ten married off in Iran since 2009
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari 7.62.88 In Islam, Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21). Thus he […]
UK: Muslims push for abolishing of age restrictions on marriage
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari 7.62.88 In Islam, Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21). Thus he […]
U.K.: Girls as young as nine being forced into marriage
Nine. There’s that number again. Now, everyone knows only the greasiest of greasy Islamophobes retail the notion that the practice of marrying girls as young as nine has something to do with Muhammad marrying Aisha when she was six and consummating the marriage when she was nine, and he was six times her age at […]
Human Rights Watch urges Yemen to outlaw child marriage
Resistance would be fierce because child marriage is defended with the example of Muhammad, the supreme model of conduct for Muslims according to Qur’an 33:21, who consummated his marriage to Aisha when she was nine and he was fifty-four (Sahih Bukhari 7.62.88). Muslims in countries far removed from one another believe this and act accordingly. […]
Netherlands: Mosque in the Hague invites Moroccan imam who issued fatwa approving marriage with a nine-year-old girl
Where did he get that idea? Why, Muhammad, who is the supreme example of conduct for Muslims (Qur’an 33:21): “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till […]
Australia: Muslim’s defense of relationship with eight-year-old girl as culturally acceptable rejected
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari 7.62.88 Anti-dhimmitude in an Australian court: “Man who had relationship with primary-school girl jailed for […]
New Saudi Fatwa Defends Pedophilia as “Marriage”
Muslim “child-marriage” “” euphemism for pedophilia “” is making headlines again, at least in Arabic media: Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, a prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, just issued a fatwa asserting that there is no minimum age for marriage, and that girls can be married “even if they are in […]
India: Muslim Sharia judge misunderstands Islam, forces minor girl into marriage
A qazi is a Sharia judge. Somehow this one got the crazy idea that because Muhammad, the excellent example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21) consummated his marriage with Aisha when she was nine and he was fifty-four, that therefore child marriage must be just fine. If only our Western Islamic apologists had been there to […]
Several hundred cases of child marriage in Sweden every year
Eurabia Update: “Flera hundra fall av barnäktenskap i Sverige,” from Dagen, April 20: “Several hundred cases of child marriages in Sweden,” translation by Danish psychologist and author Nicolai Sennels: Immigrants in Sweden: 200 child marriages yearly; 8,500 fear forced marriages Muslim immigration has introduced a new perspective on love in Sweden: Child marriages and forced […]