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I think I understand your confusion. Islamic principles are a careful balancing act protecting the right of the individual but also considering what is best for society as a whole. Islamic principles are deemed timeless. Any girl over the age of puberty may marry with the consent of her father or guardian. This was true in 600 AD and holds true in Islam today. It is not subject to the culture or morality of society of the time.

That Aisha got engaged at 9 and married at age 14 is defensible to Muslims simply because Islam permits it. However, this defense is not acceptable to you since you clearly reject Islam. As such I tried to show you that Aisha's marriage was really not unusual at all in those times. Many girls from well to do families, important families, or from royalty married that early.

Muhammad condemned people in his society at the time because their actions, such as burying female children alive, committing usury, depriving women of rights, etc..were not simply a reflection of those times, but instead acts that were abominable because they impinged on the rights of individuals and were very harmful to society.

[b]Muhammad forbade the killing of female children,[/b] made it acceptable to marry widows, prohibited usury, gave women inheritance rights, etc...and these rulings hold today.  
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Different PP here from the one you're talking to.

I'm so tired of hearing that ending female infanticide (burial) is why Islam is so wonderful. To non-Muslims, there's a sharp incongruity between patting ourselves on the back for ending a barbarous practice 1400 years ago, and the inequalities that continue to apply to women today: lesser value of a woman's testimony, women's restricted ability to divorce, women's lesser inheritance rights, custody rights, and let's not even go into the relative roles of men and women in a marriage.

BTW, you also mention inheritance rights but, typically, you don't bother to explain this. To be clear for those who don't already know: Mohammed/Quran gives female heirs 1/2 the inheritance portion received by male heirs.

I'm sorry, but every time you represent things like "inheritance rights for women!" in a way that implies actual equality, other posters and I will feel compelled to come on and set the record straight. [/quote]

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