Surely, Islamic apologists in the West will get right on the line to this guy and explain that, no, Muhammad’s youngest wife, Aisha, was 16, 18, didn’t know how old she was, was only “nine” in Galapagos tortoise-years, or whatever other excuse they might cook up. The problem? Islamic texts and traditions say otherwise, and […]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Muslim Brotherhood) whines about “organized anti-Muslim industry in the United States”
Watch for him to burst into tears any minute: Ellison comments on the fact that some people noticed the reptilian nature of his tears at the King hearings. “Keith Ellison Shrugs Off Conservative Mockers,” by Evan McMorris-Santoro at TPM, March 17 (thanks to James): Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) isn’t sweating the mocking his emotional testimony […]
California police: 13-year-old girl ran away in fear of arranged marriage in Pakistan, parents lied about her disappearance
Jessie Bender was about to be taken on a two-month trip to Pakistan. Why didn’t her mother and stepfather just claim to investigators that their daughter was jumping to conclusions and overreacting? The parents’ elaborate lies suggest they had something to hide. Britain’s forced-marriage investigators have seen many a case that started with the ruse […]
Fatwa: “It Is Permissible to Have Sexual Intercourse with a Prepubescent Girl”
“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 Islamic apologists in the West routinely claim that Aisha was older at the time […]
Malaysia rejects calls to ban child marriage: “If the religion allows it, then we can’t legislate against it”
Muhammad, a “beautiful pattern of conduct” for believers according to Qur’an 33:21, married Aisha when she was six, and consummated the marriage when she was nine (Sahih Bukhari 7.62.88). That is what stands in the way of ending the practice of child marriage in Muslim countries. If Muhammad did it, it is not only lawful, […]
Indonesia: Islamic cleric jailed for marrying 12-year-old girl
Pujiono Cahyo Widianto may simply have been imitating Muhammad: “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 Child marriage is common in […]
Imitating Muhammad: 80-year-old Muslim marries 14-year-old girl
“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 Child marriage is common in some areas of the Islamic world in imitation of […]
Philadelphia Muslim admits marrying and impregnating underage girls in Egypt
Why did he bother to marry these girls? In accord with Islamic imperatives derived from Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha. “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: Judge bars 14-year-old Muslim girl from being taken out of country to thwart parents’ plans to marry her to stranger
Despite the same tired religion-versus-culture excuse trotted out at the end of the report below, this is not merely a “cultural” practice, as amply demonstrated by its persistence in Islamic countries far removed from one another. It persists because Muhammad, as a “beautiful pattern of conduct” per Qur’an 33:21, made the practice sacrosanct: “The Prophet […]
Rights groups condemn Malaysian state’s decision to allow child 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 The Islamic religious council in southern Malacca state has greenlighted child marriage. It did […]