Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law.
Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said in January 2018 that under Islamic law, girls as young as nine can marry.
“Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria
“There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law in many countries permits girls to marry only from the age of 18. This is arbitrary legislation, not Islamic law.” — Dr. Abd Al-Hamid Al-‘Ubeidi, Iraqi expert on Islamic law
There is no minimum age for marriage and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” — Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council
“Islam does not forbid marriage of young children.” — Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology
Hadiths that Muslims consider authentic record that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:
“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).
Another tradition has Aisha herself recount the scene:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became all right, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. (Bukhari 5.58.234).
Muhammad was at this time fifty-four years old.
Marrying young girls was not all that unusual for its time, but because in Islam Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21), he is considered exemplary in this unto today. And so in April 2011, the Bangladesh Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini declared that those trying to pass a law banning child marriage in that country were putting Muhammad in a bad light: “Banning child marriage will cause challenging the marriage of the holy prophet of Islam, [putting] the moral character of the prophet into controversy and challenge.” He added a threat: “Islam permits child marriage and it will not be tolerated if any ruler will ever try to touch this issue in the name of giving more rights to women.” The Mufti said that 200,000 jihadists were ready to sacrifice their lives for any law restricting child marriage.
Likewise the influential website Islamonline.com in December 2010 justified child marriage by invoking not only Muhammad’s example, but the Qur’an as well:
The Noble Qur’an has also mentioned the waiting period [i.e. for a divorced wife to remarry] for the wife who has not yet menstruated, saying: “And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women, if you doubt, then their period is three months, and [also for] those who have not menstruated” [Qur’an 65:4]. Since this is not negated later, we can take from this verse that it is permissible to have sexual intercourse with a prepubescent girl. The Qur’an is not like the books of jurisprudence which mention what the implications of things are, even if they are prohibited. It is true that the prophet entered into a marriage contract with A’isha when she was six years old, however he did not have sex with her until she was nine years old, according to al-Bukhari.
Other countries make Muhammad’s example the basis of their laws regarding the legal marriageable age for girls. Article 1041 of the Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran states that girls can be engaged before the age of nine, and married at nine: “Marriage before puberty (nine full lunar years for girls) is prohibited. Marriage contracted before reaching puberty with the permission of the guardian is valid provided that the interests of the ward are duly observed.”
According to Amir Taheri in The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution (pp. 90-91), Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini himself married a ten-year-old girl when he was twenty-eight. Khomeini called marriage to a prepubescent girl “a divine blessing,” and advised the faithful to give their own daughters away accordingly: “Do your best to ensure that your daughters do not see their first blood in your house.” When he took power in Iran, he lowered the legal marriageable age of girls to nine, in accord with Muhammad’s example.
“Chhattisgarh: Family being pressurised to get a 9-year-old rape victim married to the Maulana who brutalised her, complaint lodged,” OpIndia, August 13, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Last week, a 25-year-old Madarsa teacher, Maulana Mohammed Arshad Rehmani, was arrested in Raipur, Chhattisgarh for the alleged rape of a 9-year-old girl. As per reports, the family of the Maulana is pressurizing the family of the victim to marry her to the alleged rapist. They have also been threatening the girl’s family to withdraw the case against their son.
According to reports, the victim’s father has filed a complaint with the Khamardih police station in Raipur, in this regard. The police who have already started probing the rape charges will now also investigate the alleged threats issued to the girl’s family, based on the complaint lodged by the victim’s father.
The police had arrested Maulana Mohammed Arshad Rehmani, who was also a teacher in a Madarsa, on August 9 (Sunday) after he had allegedly raped the 9-year-old girl. The Maulana had been visiting the home of the 9-year-old girl for the past fifteen days to teach her younger sister Arabic. Recently, he began teaching the victim too.
Maulana was booked under POCSO Act
The accused, who reportedly had been accused of a similar crime in the past too, has been booked under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The incident
In what transpired, the Maulana assaulted the girl sexually on Sunday after he found the little girl alone in her house. After committing the heinous crime, Rehmani reportedly fled from there. Afterwards, the child told her parents about the ordeal following which they promptly reported the matter to the police.Victim’s father says he is being threatened
As per reports, the father of the victim has stated that he is getting threats from the local madarsa to withdraw the case against the Maulana. He has stated that some people associated with the madarsa have asked him to withdraw the rape case, failing which his daughter (the victim) will be vilified and ostracized from the local community. The victim’s father has stated that he will now register complaints against anyone who asks him to take back the complaint or ‘compromise’ with the Maulana….
Wellington says
Another good Muslim.
From the Superman comic books of old (you know, when truth, justice and the American way was not derided but embraced), Islam is like Bizarro World where everything is upside down. Indeed, a synonym for Islam could be called “Upside-Downism.”
As in, there is another Upside-Downist who thinks having sexual intercourse with a nine-year old girl is OK. Or, there are several Upside-Downsists who think that killing an Upside-Downist who just left Upside-Downism is just fine. Or finally, there is an Upside-Downist who thinks that raping a non-Upside-Downist female is something he is entitled to—“what the right hand possesses” per Suras 4, 23, 33 and 70.
Islam = Bizarro World. Except with Islam it’s for real.
gravenimage says
+1
Ray Jarman says
++++1 Excellent opine.
william carr says
‘I slam’ as in I slam the door on everything good, decent and connected with Human rights and dignity.
If the clerics are like that one cannot be surprised at what the flock do. they have such fine examples
somehistory says
And a whole. heck-of-a-lot, nastier. And a whole lot more deserving of destruction.
I liked the bizzaro issues.
J Morgan says
Hideous.
mortimer says
The religion that is proud of its most shameful acts.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Proud-kafir says
And a religion that has numerous Leftist and secular “Intellectual” admirers to applaud its shameful teachings.
Ariste Arvanitides says
They are Phedos, and satanists, and intellect has nohting to do with it.
UVG says
This guy will die. He is living on borrowed time. India has had enough of this insanity.
New ammendment to the CRPC to hang child abusers. No exceptions.
Since so many Muslims in India are advocates for Sharia(they happily accepted uniform and democratic criminal punishment system) we should treat him like the Sharia would.
Defile him in public, let him bleed out and then stone him to death. Sharia justice. Apt here.
UVG says
*(…ironically they happily….)
gravenimage says
I doubt it. The rapist is Muslim, the victim’s family is Muslim.
James Lincoln says
So according to the feature article”
Maulana Mohammed Arshad Rehmaniwhat “assaulted the girl sexually on Sunday after he found the little girl alone in her house. After committing the heinous crime, Rehmani reportedly fled from there.”
So if this muslim cleric was simply following the tenants of islam, why did he flee?
And how would an after-the-rape marriage change anything?
Way beyond depraved. The fact that any human being is capable of this behavior is unfathomable …
mortimer says
Divorce (triple talaq) is nearly instant whenever a husband tires of his new bride.
PRCS says
“So if this muslim cleric was simply following the tenants of islam, why did he flee?”
Possibly because he knew what the family would do to him.
Francis Weber says
There was no clean water to wash himself after contact with a female so he was running to the top of a hill to cleanse his face and hands with dirt as dictated in the Quran!
Tony Said says
FALLEN HUMAN NATURE UNCORRECTED BY THE AUTHENTIC TEACHINGS OF CHRIST;
Tony Said says
Fallen human nature uncorrected by the authentic teachings of Christ
Jaladhi says
Whether the family allows marriage to this scumbag or not he should be prosecuted by Indian authorities for child rape and throw him in jail for the rest of his life. If not prosecuted Muslims will continue doing these criminal vile acts!
UVG says
He is going to be hung at the very least.
We should operationalise Sharia like punishments on this man. Take away his c**k and let him bleed to death in public. Afterall they still do this in parts of the Islamic world.
gravenimage says
UVG, your idea that Shari’ah punishes crimes like this one is largely mistaken. In fact, the “Prophet” of Islam was himself a pedophile and rapist.
Jaladhi says
Its beyond me why these Muslims leave their daughters alone with these religious criminals – they know well their daughters will be raped if left alone. If not, they are idiots!! Maybe the parents should also be prosecuted for criminal child neglect!
infidel says
jaladhi.. They often do this in full knowledge that the vile Moilvi may not keep his grimy lecherous hands to himself. That way, they ingratiate themselves to these mad fanatical murderous and lecherous beasts, who may then also allow them to do the dirty with his own daughter in turn. It is a give and take and women dont count much for these animals and are just pleasure and breeding objects.
DearDiary says
She must have taken off her hijab for a moment. This stuff about God commanding rape victims to marry their attackers is, sadly, borrowed from Judaism and the book of Deuteronomy. This is so horrible of an edict that almost everyone ignores it or retranslates all the meaning out of it. Except for Muslims which means CNN won’t even take a glance.so
Vladimir says
Wrong, it’s actually to try to deter rapists, who if they are forced to take responsibility for what they’ve done and take care of the woman and any child from the incident, would be less likely to do it in the first place. This story is different; it’s obscene to want to marry a child when there’s no possibility of them being morally, physically, spiritually, mentally or emotionally capable of consent to the marriage sexual act.
gravenimage says
*No* victim should have to marry their rapist, whatever you might believe.
Vladimir says
The alternative to the rapist was death, and marriage was available to men who needed to be married before anything came up sexual desire-wise. Don’t think there was a whole lot of rape going on in patriarchal society. Again, this is different than the subject of the thread anyway.
gravenimage says
I see what’s in it for the rapist–including being able to continue raping his victim, of course. And the idea that rapists should be about to rape and then marry their victims because of sexual desire is just appalling.
I’ve been raped–thank God I did not live in a society that would have forced me to marry my assailant.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
Hearing that you have been raped makes my blood boil – so angry.
But you have overcome – a highly intelligent, talented, and truly wonderful woman. And staunch anti-jihadist.
God bless.
Wellington says
I second that missive to gravenimage, James.
gravenimage says
And is Vladimir saying that this little child should be “married” to her pedophile rapist? He certainly has not said otherwise.
gravenimage says
Thank you, James and Wellington.
tim gallagher says
I’m sorry to hear about your having been raped, gravenimage. I hope it is not an experience that haunts you a great deal. You certainly seem to be a feisty and courageous type of person and mentally strong. Along with the other commenters here, I say all the best to you.
UVG says
Gravenimage a courageous woman. It takes tremendous strength to be able to live through what you have. Mad respect.
gravenimage says
Thank you Tim and UVG.
Tim, I was indeed traumatized by this for quite a while. At this point, it mostly makes me angry and makes me want to work to oppose this–or worse–happening to other women, girls, and boys.
Another reason to oppose the horrors of Islam.
Wellington says
Vladimir: The “alternative” you posted is itself dispositive of evil. And two evils never make a right.
Vladimir says
No. You’re using antipathy towards the obviously false religion of Islam to attack Monotheism in general, Judaism and Christianity included.
gravenimage says
Where are Jews and Christians forcing victims to marry their attackers? Citations, please. Claiming that this sickening abuse is somehow intrinsic to monotheism is quite false.
Wellington says
Vladimir: No, I’m not.
Rochelle Opseth says
Vladimir, I agree. this situation is different from Deuteronomy. This man should be prosecuted for his crime. It’s unbelievable that any religion condones relations with a nine year old.
Martin boaventura says
He should be castrated…
Dude says
They have my permission to behead that monstrous demon. If I were her father, I imagine that would be his karma. Soon they wouldn’t be so tempted to rape the little girls.
Look at him, so full of evil. But I guess evil is glorified by the bizarro gang. Total akbhar asshole! Yep, I’m ready to pull the trigger.
john smith says
I applaud the victims father, for standing his ground against the threats he is getting from those in the madras.
Only the most evil of perverts could rape a nine year old, absolutely disgusting, but absolutely Islamic.
tiredofstupid says
I’m surprised the child hasn’t been stoned to death yet for sex outside of marriage
tim gallagher says
Islam is so full of totally unacceptable practices, by the standards of any even half civilised society (these cases of paedophilia where young girls are married off, the honour killings over trivial matters, the women being covered up head to toe, the calls for Muslims to go and kill non-believers, the homophobia, etc), that, to me, the biggest mystery of all is that there are so many people who still keep telling us that this loathsome throwback of a belief system actually deserves to be respected and treated as if it were some reasonably normal, average type of religious ideology, (you know, that it is just one of the many religious ideologies in the world), which it so obviously isn’t. Islam should be treated like garbage, because enough of these hideous aspects of barbaric Islam do get out to people in the news reports, such as ,say, the Muslim rape gangs in the UK and elsewhere, the innumerable Muslim terrorist attacks, etc. Even worse are the people who tell us that islam is basically peaceful. Islam deserves zero respect from any decent person.
Wellington says
Agreed, tc. Islam effectively equals garbage. It makes a mockery of true religion.
john smith says
Well said Tim,
James Lincoln says
tim gallagher says,
“Islam deserves zero respect from any decent person.”
That is a correct statement.
gravenimage says
Good exchange.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments. Everything about Islam bugs me, just as,say, everything about Nazism bugs me. They are both evil. But, lately, it is the respect that is given to this totally barbaric religious ideology, (as though its monstrous concepts of what is OK behaviour – having sex with 9 year old girls and marrying them off as just one appalling practice), that I find extraordinarily annoying. The disgusting behaviours Islam says are OK should have gone from the human race ages ago. To me, there’s civilised behaviour, which decent people can identify and at least strive to achieve, but then there is barbaric behaviour which islam says is OK. To me, respecting Islam makes as much sense as if the old, hideous Aztec religion was still around and we gave that load of garbage respect. I get that many people know almost nothing about islam, but these other people who do know something about its nature and still say we should respect it must be terrible people. Evil should be called out when it is seen and a lot of Islam’s practices are obviously evil.
Mount Zion says
It’s so sad that these truths you just expressed can be told only in the safety and anonimity of this platform . I would love it if someone somewhere had the guts to express everything you just said on a major public outlet .I understand though why nobody dares to tell it how it is , it”s for fear of consequences like losing your job , death treaths , blocked social media accounts a.s.o. Welcome to the new democratic World Order .
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comment, Mount Zion. I agree with you. It is extremely unfortunate that very few people will speak out publicly and tell the truth about Islam’s disgusting, barbaric nature. As you say, it would take plenty of courage, since losing your job, death threats, etc, could be the outcome for a person who told the truth.
Mount Zion says
The other thing that strikes me as vomitable is the fact that the victims family is beeing threatened ; What the heck ? In a sane world there would be a mob yelling and shouting and speaking out against child rape and against the victims family beeing further victimised by having to endure threats from the rapists family ,now they argue that in Islam it’s admissible to marry a nine year old but what about premarital sex ? Isn’t that an offense ? Oh Gosh … Islam is just so toxic and incongruent and so full of crap . I love the fact that the victims father is standing his ground .
Rochelle Opseth says
True. Every time the subject of Islam comes up in public, one has to be very careful with how things are worded and who is listening in. Once in a while I worry about my job.
Eur says
For the Muslim community that girl is already defective merchandise, her father will not be able to find a husband for her.
Virginity is not only considered a virtue in a Muslim girl but is the property of her master, her father who is the one who guards that virginity to give it to
the future husband.
God, I hate Islam.
Templer says
Another Muslim Beast gets away with rape and Beastely when is this scum going to bewipet from the earth
tgusa says
In polite company I cannot post what I would like to see done to this degenerate pig but most of you can probably guess.
Mary says
Physical castrating without anesthesia.
Yogi says
Beyond disgusting!! And this horror is importing to Europe as We speak !! Look at Berlin!!, kill all infields!! , He will still remain in Germany, 100% guaranteed..
gravenimage says
India: Muslim cleric rapes 9-year-old girl, her family pressured to drop legal complaint and marry her to him
………………..
*Just horrifying*–this poor little girl.
And note that the family of the rapist is threatening the victim’s family.
And this is happening in India, which is not even a Muslim country. I hope the police take this case seriously.
mural says
Even though india is not a Muslim country (yet, god forbid), Muslims tend to live near each other. So there will be localities where only the muslims live. This is across India and also in some parts of the world where Muslims have emigrated.
The strategy here is two-fold :
a) Drive away the non-muslims from the area
b) Put the islamic flag and pretend that you live in a Dar-ul-islam.
So, The father of this girl must be under tremendous peer-pressure from his Neighbors and the Muslim scholars to put a lid on this travesty.
Kudos for the brave father as his life will be made miserable if he does not accept the proposal.
gravenimage says
Yes–I know there are a lot of Muslim No Go Zones in India.
And I agree–the victim’s family is under pressure to give this pedophile rapist thug a pass.
David M says
India is at fault if it is going to allow this. India is not majority Muslim.
STJOHNOFGRAFTON says
He’s not much of a catch. This coerced marriage is like being forced to go fishing for Hideous Toadfish.
Jaycee says
And this is what they want for our country. Here to enforce ISLAM ONLY AND SHARIA LAW…we will NOT ALLOW IT and I KNOW THE SICKOS ARE HERE. Nihad Awad and the Muslim Brotherhood plus the nasty zionists.
gravenimage says
Well, this was cogent until the “nasty zionists” part.
Where are Jews raping 9-year-old girls on the diktats of their faith? Citations, please.
Vladimir says
I’m not really wanting to discuss the other issue of the Old Testament and marriage, but to say that no matter what, marriage with children is absolutely abominable because the complete violation of innocence and the inability to give or offer true consent is impossible. What a horrid perversion.
gravenimage says
We certainly agree on this last point, Vladimir.
infidel says
Look at that face… the same horrid goat look with vile eyes and beard.. This ideo does it to U. It turns U into a lecherous murderous and plundering beast.
Proud-kafir says
Only a small gentle correction … wolf look… not a goat look. And even wolves are wolves only in the breeding season as an animal instinct and not definitely on a “divine” mode as the muslim lecherers.
SB says
In Islam, children are game.
Mount Zion says
I have heard too many times that in Islam there is no minimum age limit and that she could be married off even in the cradle . All right but there is common sense ,during childhood bevore puberty with sexual organs not fully developed there has to be damaging physical and spiritual repercussions if engaging in sexual practices with a child . Also, if the good Madrassa teacher wanted to marry her , why does he rape her first , why wouldn’t he first seek the approval of her father ? I’ll tell you why , because if the father is a half-way decent muslim he woud tell him to f… off , so what does the good Madrassa teacher do to satisfy his abominable hunger for lust ? He rapes her , there is always a chance that in an eventual court case a muslim judge would rule for the two parties to be married.
Julie says
Seems the rest of the world have been following God’s Noahide Laws and Islam is following Lucifers ways.
OLD GUY says
Convict the bastard and lock him up for 30yrs. Castration shouldn’t be out of the question either.
James Lincoln says
OLD GUY,
If convicted, he should be executed.
somehistory says
The pressure and threats serve to prove that the ‘alleged” rape really happened. The “pressure” on the family of the little child to have her bound and raped by this slimy slug is proof enough that he committed the rape and his family is fully aware of the sadistic, demonic crime.
Hang them all…the slimy moslim slug and and his slimy mslim slug family. Set an example. Hang them all high for the entire moslim population to see.. Foul and filthy, evil demon sons and daughters of satan, , hideous beasts, all of them.
The poor child probably wishes she was dead and who can blame her. Such a horrible, disgusting thing should not be committed against anyone, esp a child. I pray Almighty God “repays” these evil creatures for all they have done.
Erland says
Ah, yes, Where pedophilia is celebrated. Vomit.
Peter WF says
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