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Muhammad, The Prophet Of Islam, Was A Paedophile
When he was in his 50s, he married a 6-year-old girl, Aisha. He "consummated" the marriage, in other words had sex with her, when she was 9. Therefore he was a paedophile.
 Moonstomp  08 Nov 2009 12:56
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Yuck, A 50 year old ugly man having sex with a nine year old girl is disgusting no matter what year it was or who he was! They have some perverted ways of thinking!
 
 lyd09  10 Nov 2009 20:44
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By any current definition but moreno gives us food for thought. But how did we go to 1000 year old adam, to 20 year old arabs, to 80 year olds today (medical support).
 
 respire  09 Nov 2009 16:50
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 Sorry, I'm not that hungry.
by  Golfelda
 09 Nov 2009 17:00
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If he did have sex with a nine year old girl which seems likely then he was a pedophile. And considering the culture that we see in oppressive Islamic nations today it looks like it could have been very possible.
 
 kddan  08 Nov 2009 22:33
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If he did marry and have sex with a 9 year old, and it appears to be true based even on the response on the against side, then undeniably he was a pedophile.
 
 Grenache  08 Nov 2009 22:04
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By any reasonable definition of pedophilia, this was a clear case, assuming that it ever really happened. After all, lots of things in the Qu'ran about Muhammad are clearly mythical.
 
 Cephus  08 Nov 2009 21:17
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A 50 year old having sex with a 9 year old is pedophilia, no matter what holy book you put it in.
 
 the_atom  08 Nov 2009 17:56
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Does everyone forget that Abraham was seduced by his daughters in the Old Testament...Oh but thats different than this. Get off your high horse
 
 Frenchroll  09 Nov 2009 13:08
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 Thats sick too, its called incest! just like having sex with a nine year old is called being a paedophile.
by  lyd09
 10 Nov 2009 20:45
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Its funny when people try to apply modern laws, morals and ethics to ancient ones. Given the fact that during that time most women did not live beyond 25 years old. In the Roman empire the average age for women was about 24 years old. And we are talking a period before the Roman empire. Mortality rate for women having children were over 50 percent.

So to try to apply modern understanding where the average age for people is in their 60's to a period in history were the average age is in the mid 20's do you actually expect women to wait until they are 18 to decide to marry or have a child?

Completely unrealistic and you are historically misinformed and miseducated.

Even in the state of Georgia the legal age of marring is 15 years old. This is modern times.
 
 moreno  09 Nov 2009 03:17
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 How did you get so smart?
by  artemis
 09 Nov 2009 03:50
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No, he was not. Pedophilia is defined as the sexual abuse of a child. Muhammad (Peace be upon him) did not abuse Aisha (Peace be upon her), he married her. Moreover, she was past puberty, which is the Islamic definition of adulthood.
 
 IdeasMan  08 Nov 2009 16:06
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 What evidence do you have she was past puberty? After her "marriage", she was reported as playing with her dolls with her friends one time when "the Prophet" appeared, and apparently only pre-pubescent girls were allowed to play with their dolls.

In any case, it is clear that a 6 or 9-year-old child cannot give properly informed consent to a proposal of marriage, so it amounts to de facto child rape.
by  Moonstomp
 08 Nov 2009 20:29
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