Women in Islam

Articles examining the role, status, and dignity of women within Islamic sources compared with biblical teaching, addressing common Muslim claims and misunderstandings.

Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 4 Members Public

We come to the fourth segment of our rebuttal (https://answeringislam.blog/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-3/). A Walking Contradiction Recall what Brown wrote: “… Finally, there are some elements of the Prophet’s Sunnah that are actually prohibited for us, like continuous fasting and marrying more than four women…” Brown could not have picked

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 3 Members Public

We continue from where we previously left off (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-2/). A Role Model for All Times Even though Brown appeals to cultural norms to justify Muhammad’s marriage to a premature minor, he forgets to mention that fact that his prophet is supposed to be a role model

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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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Sam Shamoun
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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.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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:

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Old Testament and the Issue of Rape Revisited Members Public

Notorious South African Muhammadan polemicist Yusuf Ismail, and a Ahmed Deedat wannabe, is fond of quoting Judges 19 as an example of the Bible condoning mass rape supposedly with God’s approval, in order to divert attention away from the fact of his false prophet permitting and sanctioning the rape

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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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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Sam Shamoun
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