Child marriage is sanctioned in Islam. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said […]
Malaysia: Seven Muslims arrested for plotting jihad massacres at non-Muslim places of worship
How did these Muslims stray from the famously “moderate” Islam of Malaysia? Why wasn’t that “moderate” Islam not sufficient for them? Why was it not able to withstand the challenge from the supposedly “hijacked” “radical” version? “6 Islamic State suspects arrested in Johor for planning attacks on places of worship,” Channel News Asia, March 24, […]