>> "A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl
>> is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from
>> having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, while other sexual
>> acts such as foreplay, rubbing, and kissing are allowed. A man having
>> intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not committed
>> a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged.
>> If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for
>> her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man's four
>> permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl's sister."

>
> We often see this sort of thing from neo-Nazi propagandists, but they
> usually fail to mention that when the Koran was written
> girls...

>> marriage 15 for girls and 18 for boys.

>
> Yes but the legal age of marriage of girls in Iran is 9 - because that
> follows what the paedophilic prophet did.

>>> "A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the
>>> girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited
>>> from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine...

> Matt wrote:

>> B J Foster yahoo.com> wrote in news:478e7ef1$0$24086

>> @news.optusnet.com.au:
>>

>>> Matt wrote:

>>>> B J Foster yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>> news:478df8e6$0$5200$afc38c87@news...

> alt.religion.islam.arabic,uk.religion.islam,aus.religion.islam, cut
>
> "B J Foster" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:478f4410$0$24086$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

>> Matt wrote:

>>> B J Foster yahoo.com> wrote in news:478e7ef1$0$24086$afc38c87
>>> @news.optusnet.com.au:
>>>

>>>> Matt wrote:

> [snip]

>>> The fact of the matter is that Aisha was Mohammeds favorite wife, and
>>> she is to Mulsims what the "Mother Mary" is to Christians, she's highly
>>> revered, and Mohammeds relationship with her, and her with him, is
>>> looked at as the "perfect example" of Muslim marriage by both Shia and
>>> Sunni. Here are a few references:
>>>
>>> http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfgp/Islam/Aisha.html

>> "Aisha was just a girl at the time so he waited to consummate his
>> marriage with her when she reached puberty" ...

> B J Foster yahoo.com> wrote in news:478f4410$0$24086$afc38c87
> @news.optusnet.com.au:
>

>> Matt wrote:

>>> B J Foster yahoo.com> wrote in news:478e7ef1$0$24086

> $afc38c87

>>> @news.optusnet.com.au:
>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>> Because I was criticizing Khomeini.. I've written other articles on
>>>>> Sunni Islam (ie the Wahabi's (Saudi Arabia) and the Taliban,
>>>>> (Afghanistan). Its not any better.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shia and Sunni Islam are seperate. If I write an article critical

> of

>>>>> Catholics, must I also include the Protestant, Evangelical, Mormon,
>>>>> Jehova's Witness, and Moonies view?
>>>>> ...

> Mavisbeacon wrote:

>> alt.religion.islam.arabic,uk.religion.islam,aus.religion.islam, cut
>>

>
> I was not agreeing with either argument [i assume the age of nive vs

> 'Matt' posted a reference which contradicted his own claim.

>> "The fact of the matter is that Aisha was Mohammeds favorite wife,
>> and she is to Mulsims what the "Mother Mary" is to Christians, she's
>> highly revered, and Mohammeds relationship with her, and her with
>> him, is looked at as the "perfect example" of Muslim marriage by both
>> Shia and Sunni. Here are a few references:"

>
> (Yawn). Why all the attention on consummation (sex)?
>
> In the reference which *you* posted, there is an argument that the
> relationship was consummated when she was 19. And if he was 53, you
> can imagine that the time they spent having sex was a tiny fraction of
> their time together.
>

> Addinall wrote:

>> On Jan 17, 7:56�am, "Mavisbeacon" wrote:

>>> "Addinall" addinall.org> wrote in message

>>>> "Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
>>>> their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished." Isaiah
>>>> 13:16

>

>>> Old testament. which is full of such comments and is BEFORE Christ!

>

>> Jesus was apparently big on the ideas however, being a Jew and all....

>
> So what?

> B J Foster yahoo.com.au> wrote innews:478fcd1a$0$10472$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
>
> --snip--
>

>>> "The fact of the matter is that Aisha was Mohammeds favorite wife,
>>> and she is to Mulsims what the "Mother Mary" is to Christians, she's
>>> highly revered, and Mohammeds relationship with her, and her with
>>> him, is looked at as the "perfect example" of Muslim marriage by both
>>> Shia and Sunni. Here are a few references:"

>

>> (Yawn). Why all the attention on consummation (sex)?

>

>> In the reference which *you* posted, there is an argument that the
>> relationship was consummated when she was 19. And if he was 53, you
>> can imagine that the time they spent having sex was a tiny fraction of
>> their time together.

>
> The reference you are speaking of refers to the Lahore Movement in
> Pakistan. Neither the Sunny nor the Shia consider members of Lahore to ...