Here are few allegation made by
non-Muslims or rather Muslim haters on Islam and more directly toward prophet Mohamed
(pbuh)
Mohamed married a minor?
In regards to the first
allegation of Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) marrying a minor. All I can say is that
Islam is the only religion to actually prohibit the marriage of minors who have
not reached the age of puberty. The truth is in different times, in different
places, in different contexts, the age for marriage varies, even in US States,
you have states that allow 13, 14 and 15. What age do you recommend?
Let us compare it with the
context of Jesus, with none other than the best of women to have walked this
Earth - Mary, the mother of Jesus. (According to the Bible) She got married to
Joseph who was 90 years old when she was only 12 years old.
You have to understand there is
nothing wrong with this as in different context and at different times and
places, people mature and develop differently. You cannot simply compare the
time and place of Mohamed (pbuh) to the time and place we are living in now.
Today we have iPhones, air conditioners and electric heaters, while in the time
of Mohamed (pbuh) they were in the middle of the desert. You cannot simply
compare the two.
And another thing to note, is
that Mohamed (pbuh) has been criticized ever since the time of Prophethood for
an entire 1400 years, but it wasn't until 1905, that the issue of his marriage
with Aisha (r.a) became an issue. Why was this? Because it was an absolute
norm. They had developed faster, matured faster and weren't like the women of
today.
Multiple Marriage’s???
Firstly read the bible, Abraham.
How many wives did he have? 2 - Sarah and Hajar. Prophet Solomon - 700 wives
and 300 concubines.
The issue of multiple wives is a
famous criticism but if you put the pieces to the puzzle they don't match, if Mohamed
(pbuh) wanted all these wives to fulfil his desires, it doesn't make sense when
the tribe of his time offered him the best of women, the most beautiful and
fancy of women, but he rejected them. It really doesn't make any sense. It's
also important to note that out of all of his wives, all of them were ex-divorcees
or widows, except for one. This is not a man who is chasing after his desires,
it is a man who cares about women who will be left with no one else to take
care of them, and he is a man who cares about the importance of community and
looking after one another. And also another very important thing to note is
that Islam actually prohibits the marriage to more than one wife. If you are
incapable of catering physically, financially and mentally to more than one
wife you are prohibited. And even still, if you are capable, you have the
financial means and you are physically capable to cater to more than one women
you are prohibited if you do not know how to deal justly with them. Just FYI let
me tell you that 30-60% of couples in the US, actually fall into adultery.
JIHAD
Jihad. As much as people say the
bible doesn't have verses on Jihad... pull out a bible and look up Psalams 137,
and you would see that it has texts that would make us feel uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable reading of Bible : Click Here (Genesis 19-32)
Islam teaches Jihad too. And we
don't shy away from this. Contrary to what people say "War waging Mohamed
was never persecuted..." WE WERE PERSECUTED. The companions of Mohamed
were tortured severely. Sumaiya, a female companion of Mohamed (pbuh) had a
spear driven through her private part, simply because she believed in Allah,
the One God. Bilal, the first black man to accept the message of Islam. He was
an Ethiopian slave, he accepted the message of Islam and he was given rights at
a time when there were no rights for these people.
Even in USA, these people were
not even given rights until 100 years ago, black people were not even considered
human beings. So after many years of forbearance, after many years of
persecution, after many years of torture, finally Allah had given permission to
Mohamed (pbuh) to fight. Sure we can turn the other check, but that would only
result in a whole lot of dead Muslims. So Islam gave them the rights to stand
up for themselves, as it says in the Quran, "Fight for the sake of the
oppressed from the men, women and children". And Islam even made
responsibilities on everyone participating in war. You do not hurt the trees,
you do not hurt the elderly, the children, and the women. Where are ethics of
war today, like we have ethics of war?
It’s always easy to criticize
somebody without a proper understanding, especially in regard to religion. Let us
all learn on the teachings about the different cultures and religion before we criticize
anybody. Also don’t believe everything I write here, do your part, you have the
internet search ask the leaned and teach yourself.
