Watch for him to burst into tears any minute: Ellison comments on the fact that some people noticed the reptilian nature of his tears at the King hearings. "Keith Ellison Shrugs Off Conservative Mockers," by Evan McMorris-Santoro at TPM, March 17 (thanks to James): Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) isn’t sweating…
Think this barbaric practice doesn’t happen in the U.S.? Think again.
All across Europe, government leaders are deciding whether to fine, restrict, or ban the Islamic veil. France’s Prime Minister Sarkozy wants a full ban—one that will also apply to Muslim tourists. Belgium wants one too—although it has been warned that doing so “will violate the rights of those who choose to wear the veil and [...]
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…
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…
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…
Sisters In Islam angered Sharia supremacists by opposing the caning of women for drinking alcohol, polygamy, and child marriage, and so a Muslim group is suing it to stop it from using the word “Islam” in its name. Apparently caning, polygamy and child marriage are so much a part of…
As always, what’s standing in the way here is Muhammad’s own example — a “beautiful pattern of conduct,” per Qur’an 33:21. Muhammad married Aisha when she was six, and consummated the marriage when she was nine. For this cleric, condemning child marriage would thus run the risk of implying Muhammad…
“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…
This article acknowledges that the practice is permitted under Sharia law. But far too few people realize that the persistence of this practice in Muslim communities stems from Muhammad’s own example: “Narrated ‘Aisha: the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she…
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