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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 2 Members Public

We proceed with our response to Brown’s assertions (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-1/). Here is what Brown further wrote in an attempt to defend Muhammad’s marriage to a minor: “The reason that no pre-modern critics paid attention to the Prophet’s marriage to a ten-year-old was because marrying girls

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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 1 Members Public

In this rebuttal we are going to be addressing another shameful attempt to justify Muhammad’s marriage to a 9-year-old minor. The following comments and interaction are taken from the website of Muslim apologist and Georgetown professor Jonathan A. C. Brown: bigdumbbear 7 points 6 months ago Dr. Brown if

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Revisiting the Age of Aisha: Postscript Members Public

In this section (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-4/) we are going to cite some of the narrations concerning the second caliph Umar’s marriage proposal to Ali’s daughter in order to highlight the people’s reaction to a 47 year old man desiring to marry a 10-12 year old girl.

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Muhammad’s Marriage to a Prepubescent Minor Members Public

A Quick Response to a Common Muslim Objection There are some internet dawagandists who quote the following English rendering of al-Bukhari in order to prove that Aisha was past the age of puberty when she married and had sex with Muhammad, who was approximately 54 years old at that time:

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Muhammad the Necrophiliac Members Public

There are specific narrations that claim that Muhammad slept with the corpse of his uncle’s deceased wife, the mother of Ali bin Abu Talib. The following was sent and translated by my good friend and brother in Christ named Demetrius. It is taken from a book called Kanz Al

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Shabir Ally Proves Muhammad was a Terrorist! Pt. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I left off /2017/03/06/shabir-ally-proves-muhammad-was-a-terrorist-pt-1b/. Recall Ally’s second criteria which he uses to determine whether a religious book’s teaching on war is just or not, namely, does the Book present its heroes and models as peaceful individuals? Ally employs this specific criterion

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Aisha’s Condition at the Time of Her Marriage: Post-Pubescent Maiden or Premature Minor? Members Public

In this article I am going to be taking a section from my multi-part rebuttal to Muslim dawagandist and professor Jonathan A. C. Brown concerning the age of Aisha, in order to provide Christians and non-Muslims with all the evidence they need to refute the oft-repeated Muslim lie that nine

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The Quran of ‘Ali Ibn Abu Talib Members Public

The following has been adapted from a Shiite article titled, “A Study of Sunni and Shii Traditions Concerning Tahrif,” Part 3 https://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/general-al-tawhid/study-sunni-and-shii-traditions-concerning-tahrif-part-3-rasul-jafariy-0#imam-alis-mushaf. For those who may not know. ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib was Muhammad’s first cousin and son-in-law, having married Muhammad’s

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