Monday, May 07, 2007

Muhammad and Aisha

On Jihad Watch today, Robert Spencer provides an extended debate on the issue of Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha when she was seven years old and their consummation when she was nine (he was 53!).

Apparently, its not just Americans who are troubled by this but people in various cultures. Some Muslim apologists try desperately to deny it but, as Spencer shows, it is historical fact.
Spencer points to this website for a summary of the evidence. One of the quotes from Muslim sources is as sad as it is sick:
A’ishah states: We came to Medina and Abu Bakr took up quarters in al-Sunh among the Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj. The Messenger of God came to our house and men
and women of the Ansar gathered around him. My mother came to me while I was
being swung on a swing between two branches and got me down. Jumaymah, my nurse, took over and wiped my face with some water and started leading me. When I was at the door, she stopped so I could catch my breath. I was then brought [in]
while the Messenger of God was sitting on a bed in our house. [My mother] made
me sit on his lap and said, "These are your relatives. May God bless you with
them and bless them with you!" Then the men and women got up and left. The
Messenger of God consummated his marriage with me in my house when I was nine
years old.

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