Quotes on Muhammad Relating to Pedophilia
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Aisha bint Abu Bakr, Muhammad's child bride | "Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old."[1] | |
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Muslim, author and politician | "If the Prophet Muhammad went to bed with a nine-year-old, then according to Dutch law he is a pedophile."[2] | |
Daniela Santanchè, Italian entrepreneur and politician | "Mohammed was a polygamist and a paedophile because he had nine wives, one of whom was only nine years old, that is a historical fact"[3] | |
Ibn Warraq, former Muslim and author | "child marriages continue to be practiced, and the fact that the Prophet himself married Aisha when she was only nine and he was fifty-three encourages Muslim society to continue with this iniquitous custom."[4] | |
Jerri Vines, former Southern Baptist Convention president | "Islam was founded by Muhammad, a demon-possessed pedophile who had 12 wives, and his last one was a 9-year-old girl"[5] | |
Runar Søgaard, celebrity preacher and motivational speaker | Called Muhammad a "confused pedophile" and received death threats [6] | |
Simon Ockley, was chosen Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University | "An Arabian author cited by Maracci,[7] says that Abubeker was very averse to the giving him his daughter [Ayesha, who was then but seven years old] so young, but that Mohammed pretended a divine command for it; whereupon he sent her to him with a basket of dates, and when the girl was alone with him, he stretched out his blessed hand (these are the author’s words), and rudely took hold of her clothes; upon which she looked fiercely at him, and said, “People call you the faithful man,[8] but your behaviour to me shows you are a perfidious one.” And with these words she got out of his hands, and, composing her clothes, went and complained to her father. The old gentleman, to calm her resentment, told her she was new betrothed to Mohammed, and that made him take liberties with her, as if she had been his wife."[9] | |
William Montgomery Watt, influential scholar and a revered name for Muslims all over the world | "Aisha was still a child when Muhammad married her, and she continued to play with her toys."[10] |
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See Also
- Quotations - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Quotations on Islam
- Aisha - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Aisha
References
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 8:3310
- ↑ Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel - Free Press, 2007, ISBN 9780743289689
- ↑ Italy: Mohammed called a 'paedophile' in TV spat - Adnkronos International, November 9, 2009
- ↑ Ibn Warraq - Why I Am Not a Muslim (p. 320) - Prometheus Books, 1995, ISBN 9780879759841
- ↑ Vines calls founder of Islam a 'demon-possessed pedophile' - Biblical Recorder, June 14, 2002
- ↑ Jonathan Tisdall - Norwegian preacher kindles religious strife - Aftenposten, April 22, 2005
- ↑ Marac. Vita Mahometis, p. 23.
- ↑ Abulfeda says he was called Al Amin, “the faithful one,” when he was young.
- ↑ Simon Ockley. The History of the Saracens (Life of Mohammed, Part I). 6th Edition. London: Henry G. Bohn. 1857
- ↑ W. Montgomery Watt - Muhammad At Medina (P. 323) - Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1977, ISBN 9780195773071