Grateful: Islam offers a way of preventing these from occurring but perhaps people have other ideas.

But it doesn’t Islam actually encourages child marriage. Every Imam confirms that if it was good enough for Muhammad it’s good enough for moslem men to marry children & they do. You cannot deny that.

I have no doubt that early Islam contributed to European advancement. Prior to 14th. Century Islamic Scholars did make great advances. But then, after the 14th. Century the Mullahs took over & demanded that the Koran be the only Book as it explained everything. That’s when Islamic Society went backwards very fast. Let’s not forget that Aquinas was a Gifted Islamic Scholar at a University in Spain. He was offered his place at the University back if he converted to Christianity, & he did. Then he became a great Catholic Scholar. He also taught St. Patrick in England.

Islam went into the Dark Ages & Europe came out of the Dark ages in the 14th. Century.

Source: Was Muhammad a pedophile ? <https://islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/was-muhammad-a-pedophile-an-examination-of-muhammads-relationship-with-a-nine-year-old-girl/

The author of the above article considers the grounds for two accusations against the Prophet (peace be upon): (i) he was a paedophile & (ii) he was involved in child abuse.

ALLEGATION OF PAEDOPHILIA
Addressing the first accusation the author begins with the definition of a paedophile and diagnostic criteria according to the APA. The criteria are:
1. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent intense sexual urges and sexual arousing fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children.
2. The person has acted on these urges, or is markedly distressed by them.
3. The person is at least 16 years old and at least 5 years older than the child or children in A.
“In addition to their paedophilia, a significant number of paedophiles are concomitantly or have previously been involved in exhibitionism, voyeurism, or rape”.

The author then invites us to look to the life and marriages of the Prophet (See the table).

In addition, we know the Prophet was married to one woman, Khadijah, for 25 years. He was 25 and she was 40 when they were married. She was twice widowed. She passed away when he was 50. The Prophet was then married to Suada Bint Zama. She was 50 and a widow when they married. Ayesha started living with the Prophet when she was 9 and the Prophet was 54. The Prophet married a further 10 women, the minimum age was 17 and the maximum age was 38, 7 were known to be widows, 1 was a virgin (17 y.0.) and the widower status of the remaining 2 is unknown (1 was 30 y.o. and th age of the other is unknown).

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The author concludes:

"The statistics show that the prophet’s marriage to Aisha at her young age was an exception and not a norm of his other marriages. Furthermore ‘a paedophile’s main mode of sexual satisfaction is with prepubescent girls’, which is contradictory to the 91% of prophet’s marriage to women 17 years and over. An unbiased examination of Prophet’s life and his marriages to his wives blatantly rejects the notion of his lifestyle fitting that of a paedophile. All his brides were aged widows (except Aisha and Marium).
Moreover, according to the criteria in the references cited above in ‘Synopsis of Psychiatry’, a vast majority of paedophiles possess a history of exhibitionism, voyeurism, or rape. Again, there is no single reference from either religious or secular sources that the noble Prophet ever indulged in such sadistic behavior (God forbid). This truth is observed and accepted by both Muslims and unbiased non-Muslims scholars."

Before moving to the second allegation of child abuse, does anyone want to challenge these conclusions?

Found something cool today: how to draw Mohammed (may he be drawn as often as possible) in emojis: (((:~{>>

I also like stoned Mohammed: (((¦~)>>

New favourite: Mohammed being photon-torpedoed by the Starship Enterprise.

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Life is good :)

OK, I'll presume from the lack of response to the previous post that people can not challenge the conclusion that the Prophet was not a paedophile.

I'll copy and past the argument against the accusation of child abuse and if anyone can offer evidence to prove the contrary please do:

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B. Others claim that the noble Prophet (peace be upon him) indulged in child-abuse when he married Aisha at her young age.
Let scrutinize this allegation…
Definition of Child Abuse:
Child Abuse, also called CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, the willful and unjustifiable infliction of pain and suffering on children. The term can denote the use of inordinate physical violence; unjustifiable verbal abuse; the failure to furnish proper shelter, nourishment, medical treatment, or emotional support; incest; other cases of sexual molestation or rape; and the making of child pornography. Frequently described by the medical profession as the “battered-child syndrome,” abusive treatment of children is almost universally proscribed by criminal statutes. Child abuse can have serious future consequences for the victims involved. Delays in physical growth, impaired language and cognitive abilities, and problems in personality development, learning, and behavior are common following instances of child abuse or neglect.Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998
Comment: None of the criteria of child-abuse applies to the noble life of the Prophet (pbuh). There is no single incident of any infliction of pain and suffering by the prophet on Aisha or any other human being for that matter. Neither any instance of verbal or sexual abuse can be concluded from the relationship of the prophet with Aisha ® or any of his wives.
An abused child can have serious future consequences…delayed physical growth, impaired language..learning and behavior…etc (above definition). As one examines the chaste life of Aisha ®, her personality, physical, mental and spiritual development are all contrary to that of an abused child. In fact through the Prophet’s marriage and his guidance to Aisha, history testifies that she should be labeled not as an abused child but as a ‘blessed child’.
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source: https://islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/was-muhammad-a-pedophile-an-examination-of-muhammads-relationship-with-a-nine-year-old-girl/