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Originally Posted by cess
I hear that a lot but I just don't get it. I'm not going to pretend I'm some expert on muslims and the quran but... Didn't Allah marry a 6 year old girl? Don't muslims treat their women like shit? Didn't muhammad have several girls as sex slaves? Didn't he force some of them to have sex after he killed their relatives?
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You have to understand the era, culture and history. Mohammad was monagamous and married to one woman for 20 or so years until her death.
What may seem barbaric and criminal to us now what fairly customary in that part of the world over 1500 years ago. From what I know, Mohammad did have many wives at one point but many of them he 'married' after vanquishing and killing his enemies during the wars at Mecca. So he basically took the widows and orphans as his wives out of respect and duty because I believe the law wouldn't allow him to be in the company of woman without them being his wife. Whether there was rape or sex slaves that I dont know
I also know that marriages in that era, similar to marriages of convenience and political advancement in Europe were done to strengthen alliances and friendships. So many of his marriages were for political reasons.
And having alot of muslim friends and having lived in the muslim world (I'm Christian), I know that this is a old custom and tradition (being married to more than 1 woman) in the Koran that is practiced by a tiny fraction of muslims, similar to mormons I guess. I have never met or seen of any muslim in my time that's married to more than 1 woman today.
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Originally Posted by cess
Not long ago I was watching some video of a muslim preacher. The guy interviewing him asked the preacher what he thought of other muslims stating he was wrong about hating america(etc,etc)... The muslim preacher said, well I don't know where they got their version of the quran but I read mine everyday and it's correct.
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There are over 1 Billion muslims in the world and maybe .0001% of those wish to do harm to the western world and americans. Islam is a traditionally very peaceful and friendly religion. Nowhere in the Koran does it advocate the murder of any innocent people and 99.9% of all muslims denounce any violence, but of course you won't hear about that on the news. Unfortunately, it has fallen into the wrong hands over the last 30 years, starting with Khomeini back in the late 70's. And because of different interpretations of the Koran, Islamic violence erupted. But keep in mind, similar things happened during the crusades and the spanish inquisitions where millions of 'non believers' died in the name of christ.
The bottom line is, religion has always been used as a form of control and power no matter what religion it is. And those who controlled it rarely gave a shit about it and their 'fellow brothers and sisters'. It's always, for the most part, been a means to an end and people will continue to exploit other people's beliefs for self gain..