"PDF file", took a while until the penny finally dropped OK, let me put that into some perspective: Strong Historical Evidence is supporting a higher age for Aisha and when adjusted for actual birth years, this could place her at approximately 17 or 18 at the time of marriage. Key evidences being: Traditionally at that time Arab girls-especially among the nobility-began counting their age from the onset of puberty, typically marked by a ceremony called Mu'ay, not from birth. The Age Gap with Her Sister Asma (RA) was 10 years, who was 27 years old at the time of the Hijra making Aisha 17. Historical texts confirm that Aisha (RA) was among the early converts to Islam, in the first few years after revelation (610 CE). If she really was only 9 when the marriage was consummated then her birth year would be 614 which does not add up. After Mohammed`s death Aisha was politically active. She is credited with narrating over 2,000 hadiths covering not only aspects of Muhammad's personal life but also legal, ritual, and theological subjects such as inheritance, pilgrimage, prayer and eschatology. That in addition to her intellectual abilities and knowledge of poetry, medicine, and Islamic jurisprudence which were praised by early scholars does not sound like a traumatized rape victim to me. Most likely her allegedly extreme young age by the time of her marriage was just a connotation to her virginity and, more than that, religious purity. Sounds familiar? Rumor has it that there is a religion claiming that their prophet was born to a virgin mother. This prophet was born in Bethlehem, which makes him a Palestinian. What's even weirder is that Western people just do not care about the fate of the Palestinians and even support the country which is actually killing them by the 10s of thousands, yet the very same people celebrate the birthday of that Palestinian prophet every year. You are right, Jesus mainly preached peace and love. According to Jesus, the greatest commandments are to love God completely and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is often referred to as the "royal law," directing every action and relationship. But please explain, if Christianity is a religion of love, charity and love your neighbor, what does it say about Christians when you keep in mind that they committed the most horrific and biggest genocides in human history? Think about the witch hunts, the burning of thousands of women and the Inquisition think about what they did to the indigenous people in Canada the US and South America plus Australia. Too far in the past? Alright, our wars and conflicts since 2000 have caused millions of deaths in Muslim countries accounting for an estimated 4.5–4.7 million direct and indirect deaths in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Syria. Not to mention the total chaos we left after the end of those wars, with destroyed infrastructure, medical systems and governments. Now imagine any of those countries would have done that to us. And some people are still wondering where all those refugees come from. May you have a good day too, Sir.
