Does Sharia Law Mandate Child Rape?
2010 June 21 [image: Jeanette Pryor] by Jeanette Pryor Did God tell Mohammad, at the age of 50, to marry Aisha, who was only nine? More importantly, does Sharia Law, based in part on the conduct of Mohammad, still permit the imposing of marriage upon Muslim girls at the age of nine? In February, the Harvard Islamic Society hosted a teleconference featuring some of the world’s leading Islamic scholars and cultural leaders as part of its Islam Awareness Week. Among those showcased was Hamza Yusuf, a California convert to Islam. Yusuf is the founder of the Zayatuna Institute and is engaged, like the 9-11 Memorial Mosque Imam, in presenting Islam to the Western world as a religion that can peacefully co-exist with others . Among Islam’s public relations nightmares Yusuf has to contend with, is the question of women in the Islamic religious system. Those pesky little issues of burqas, honor killings, and Quranic tutorials on the proper way to beat one’s wife, genital mutilation, and the dis
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- Considering the provisions in the Sharia Law, how do I ensure that my family has a means of support in case I die in the UAE, pending release of my estate to them?
- If by law a child is able to consent to treatment without parental permission, can they also consent to participate in research related to that treatment?
- Why is sharia law in the news?
