It is just so amazing how quiet the usual protesters go when this very sticky subject is touched upon.

I for one would love to hear why it was OK to bang a nine year old child.

Val: Can't blame the guy either, in those days there were no brain scan to peek into human brain development and maturity, now we do. In the past, ok, reason for puberty as a sign of maturity can be made a justification and was practiced all over the world, there was no proof to counter menstruation as sign of readiness. Note the words: "in the past" when the earth was "flat"

Valkyrie - The Prophet, Blessings and Peace be upon him, first married Khadija, the rich widow for whom he worked when he was twenty-five and she was forty. A monogamist during Khadija's lifetime, Muhammad later had at least another ten wives. He married "Aisha', the daughter of the future first Khalif, Abu Bakr, when she was six, although the marriage was not consummated until she was nine. One Muslim source stands alone and says she was ten when the marriage was consummated. Some modern Muslim scholars question both her age at the time of marriage and the time the marriage was consummated. She was reportedly his favourite wife and again, it is reported that she cradled his head as he died, after many years of happy marriage, though not without a period of intense suffering for both of them due to some people wishing to discredit Aisha. The Prophet, Blessings and Peace be upon him, never doubted her and this trial only served to strengthen their mutual love for each other.

Someone they all adore set the example. He married a 12 year old didn't he? So, if he did why not his followers?

DrDez, yes truly sickening. Since they marry 10-15 year olds it is not even called pedophilia anymore...

Instead of the Ministers blablabla she should get everybody ARRESTED...