It would have been nice to hear Lex question Suleiman about his defense of child marriage. (Search for "Ending the Debate on Aisha" here on YouTube to listen for yourself.),(reply>), @Rasheed: You don't seem to understand. It's ONLY Islam that has a prophet who is said to be the 'perfect example of conduct' for ALL people for ALL time!!! Judaism and Christianity have evolved. Their holy books are <b>historical records</b> of what happened 2000 years ago. Jews and Christians are under NO obligation to follow that behaviour today. They have separation of church/synagogue and state so they make laws that are appropriate for human rights in the 21st century, laws which go against such barbaric behaviour as child marriage, which is child abuse.<br><br>It doesn't matter whether you have witnessed child marriages or not. They certainly happen," and I've seen them in Yemen. Muslim men in their 50s believe it is 'honourable' to do what their prophet did so they take prepubescent girls as second or third wives. <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23sunnah"">#Sunnah</a> <br><br>Even if a girl has reached the ONSET of puberty"," it's a process of a few years before she can safely bear a child. Thank goodness your prophet was infertile and didn't impregnate <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23aisha"">#Aisha</a> when she was nine years old.",(reply>), @Sandy Tatham  It's fairly clear that you'll justify and change the specifics of your argument to defend one religion over another.  The fact is all three Abrahamic religions have stories of children getting married.  <br><br>We could debate until we're blue in the face, being that puberty is the moment girls were considered women yet there are passages in the Bible that speak about men marrying girls if they dont have self control...  The fact of the matter is if we were to take your perception of Islam onto other religions and be it true - We would have Christians plucking out eyes, cutting off hands, incest, slavery, and various brutalities. <br><br>I doubt your perception of the Bible warrants those things, yet you believe the Quran warrants children getting married. I've lived in an Islamic country and have been to multiple others. None that I have been to had children in marriages. <br><br>There are both Islamic and Christian societies that practice their religions very antiquatedly with barbaric interpretations of scripture. That doesn't speak for the high majority of either.,(reply>), @Rasheed: Rasheed the problem is that Muhammed is believed to be the 'pattern of conduct' for ALL time. Muhammed married a child, and Quran 65:4 permits marriage of those females "who have NOT menstruated". There is no lower age limit in Islam for marriage. It's a bit sick and it happens in countries like Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, etc.,(reply>), @Mo: The Quran permits the practice of marrying prepubescent girls and then divorcing them. Quran 65:4 "And those who no longer expect menstruation among your women - if you doubt, then their period is three months," and [also for] those who have NOT menstruated." <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23aisha"">#Aisha</a> <a href=""http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23sunnah"">#Sunnah</a>",(reply>), @John Smith  You mentioned his defense of child marriage, considering the fact he didn't mention marriage ages - it would indicate you are talking about the religious text of the religion he follows.<br><br>If you think children getting married when the average life expectancy was cut in half is messed up...  This is even more mind fucking --&gt; Less than 300 years ago the age of consent for marriage for girls was only 12 years old in the United States.