QUOTE: from Tapped:
"UM, COME AGAIN? From today's Post:
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64 of the Sahih Bukhari edition of the Hadith says, "The Prophet married [Aisha] when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old." But Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said many Islamic scholars interpret that passage to mean Aisha was 16 when she was betrothed to Muhammad and 19 when they wed.
This comes from an article about the tempest that has been created by fundamentalist preacher Jerry Vines's reference to Muhammad as a "demon-possessed pedophile," and bears directly on the pedophile charge. It's also an example of startlingly poor journalism. You can't just report that "many Islamic scholars" claim that six equals 16 -- and nine equals 19 -- without giving some explanation of why it is that they get to do such funky math. Tapped is highly suspicious, to say the least. [posted 9:25 am]"
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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