An important update on this story. “Yerima cannot continue in Senate, says NBA,” by Ifedayo Adebayo for Next, June 11: The Nigeria Bar Association has urged the Senate to look into the case of Sani Yerima’s child marriage, saying that he cannot continue to sit in the hallowed chamber of the Senate, contributing in the […]
Afghanistan: child bride flogged for running away from forced marriage
Child marriage is broadly tolerated in many areas of the Islamic world because Muhammad, the supreme example of conduct for Muslims (cf. Qur’an 33:21), consummated his marriage with a nine-year-old girl, Aisha, when he was 54. Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that Aisha was actually nine at the time of the consummation, but […]
“Conservative” Muslim Suhail Khan spreads falsehoods about Muhammad’s marriage to 9-year-old Aisha
Suhail A. Khan serves on the Board of Directors for the American Conservative Union and as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, a Christian organization dedicated to religious freedom worldwide. And both the American Conservative Union and the Institute for Global Engagement ought to be ashamed to be associated with this base […]
Yemeni lawmaker: “When a certain age [for marriage] is set, it violates the rights of others. For example, imagine a young man of 13 or 14 years of age who wants to have sex. … This is a violation of his rights”
How ’bout that logic. And the priorities. Hamzi at once argues in the name of “freedom” for the absence of a minimum age of marriage, and insists it’s not really a problem anyway. Then, what accounts for the ferocity of the opposition? Muhammad’s example does, along with the esteem in which his conduct is held […]
Yemen: 2nd child bride hospitalized with genital injuries
The legacy of Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha. “Yemeni Bride, 11, Hospitalized with Genital Injuries,” by Lara Setrakian for ABC News, April 14 (thanks to George): An 11-year-old Yemeni girl who was was married to a man in country’s Hajja province was hospitalized today with genital injuries, said a human rights group in Sanaa. It was […]
Child marriage story in Yemen finds a way to get even more disturbing
Apologists will be quick to say the aspects of the story that are coming out now are “un-Islamic.” But Islamic law, along with its many inherent defects, creates broader conditions for exploitation and abuse. Thus, playing the “un-Islamic” card in this case would amount to an attempt to duck responsibility for the consequences of Islamic […]
13-year-old Yemeni bride dies of injuries to genitals, heavy bleeding
“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 “Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for […]
Tarek Fatah, call your office: Muslim leaders in Yemen say those who support ban on child marriage are apostates
Now wait a minute. The exemplary Moderate Muslim Tarek Fatah just grew monumentally indignant when Wafa Sultan dared to point out that (as is recorded in the earliest, most reliable Islamic sources) Muhammad was 54 when he consummated his marriage with the nine-year-old Aisha. Fatah assured us greasy Islamophobes that Aisha was actually fourteen or […]
Fitzgerald: The Michael Coren Show: “We Are All Homers”
Please take 12 minutes and 45 seconds and watch the two YouTube segments from a show hosted by Michael Coren. Part 1 is above. Part 2, which I will discuss in a future piece, is here. Thank you. Now we can continue. Recently Michael Coren, host of a discussion program on Canadian television, had on […]
Shock horror! Child marriage still an issue in Saudi Arabia!
“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 This is Muhammad’s example. It will be essentially impossible to keep Muslim men from […]