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To: Thomas M. who wrote (232)	6/14/2002 10:12:42 AM
From: DHE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

Both are sick, understand?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (232)	6/14/2002 1:22:17 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

You said...." Marriage before puberty is not sick. Sex before puberty is sick. Understand?"...... You mean that in your mind it is OK for a six year old girl to be forced to marry some old guy? Six years old is Grade 1. How can a kid this old know what they want? they only do what their parent tells them to do. I say parent because it is my understanding that it is the father in the muslim world who gives their Daughters away to old men.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (232)	6/14/2002 9:52:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

Sex before puberty is sick. Understand? In the past you've suggested terrorism is justified, that slavery isn't practiced in the Sudan, and that child marriage is OK. It'll be interesting to see how you handle this - a hadith clearly stating Mohammed's marriage to Aisha was consummated when she was 9 - in light of your statement above. usc.edu Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88: Narrated 'Ursa: The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).