Well according to him Islam dosnt support slavery. And it was such a deep rooted institution that it took a while for it to be phased out I dint by that explanation but if I was a believer with doubts I would be able to swallow that.
Wrong. If Allah/ Muhammad was as divine as he says he is he would have forseen than in our future we would count off slavery as immoral and would no longer be widely practice. Those slavery hadiths are written under the assumption that slavery would still be widely practice today, and gives no window or hint that it would no longer be relevant. Muhammad would have been more admirable if he had decided to go against the norms/culture instead of using it to his advantage and personal gain. Slavery, and riches are material things linked to greed and power.
He went into more detail but I'm not going to. For ayesha he said it was the common practice at the and she was of age and if her age wasn't an issue at the time due to it being culturally acceptable how can we judge their culture? How can we distinguish what age is appropriate to have sex and get married and that biologically if a girl has her period it means she is biologically ready to
have sex he also said he chronologically went through the information and according to his research and not disputed accounts but the time line he claims she was 16 when she we'd but regardless I told him even in his best case scenario it's wrong to me and if god knows everything why would he allow sOmething that would put his prophets character in question.
Wrong, again.
1. It's been medically proven than young girls have a higher chance of health risks when they give birth . A full grown woman has wider hips and is more suited for child rearing, seriously think about it. Child marriages are frowned upon not only because in some societies today it is seen as just plain wrong but, medically it's a risk. The fact the Muhammad even so much as had his eyes on Ayesha before she started menstruating is just sick. Whatever point in time at which they got married officially doesn't mean anything either. Again prophets who claim to get all their divine knowledge from God SHOULD know this and not always give into what's culturally acceptable. They should preach what can be applied worldwide long after their deaths.
There is this very fine line between love and lust. I seriously doubt Muhammad loved any of his wives he lusted for them. Muhammad should have instead taken Ayesha as his disciple/student if he had a real connection with her and leave it at that. But instead he was immediately intent on getting married and having sex with her as soon as possible. That is NOT the most beautiful love story in Qu'ran. I'm not familiar with Hinduism, but I know Jesus and Buddha never did that shit. Muhammad is the only prophet that was obsessed with women, riches, punishment, inflicting pain, and sexual conduct in his teachings.
2. Also I don't think a 16 year old would be playing with dolls as quoted by the Qu'ran, it was made clear that Ayesha had not hit puberty when Muhammad took her to be his wife. The sudden age change was made up recently to defend the growing trend that young brides are no longer acceptable, in a desperate attempt to save the dignity of the Qu'ran by modern standards. Before, it was widely accepted that she was 9. Point is weak argument,
By your Imam's argument, he is making it out to be that the practices of Islam itself are limited by culture and does not set out to be compatible worldwide. In that case, you are already at liberty to associate with another culture and break ties with Islam altogether if you cannot find a connection with everything in it. Again a Holy book from God should NOT be disputable period, and you should be comfortable with everything in it.
My main argument here is this.
There are some things in life that everyone can agree on. For example. We breathe oxygen, the grass is green etc. Everyone can agree to these facts, because it is widely known knowledge. Now here you have the Qu'ran which is taken to be the word of Allah/God, everyone SHOULD agree with it. But not even within the own Muslim population which is split between Shiite and Shia can agree on everything? If you are a reasonable, logical thinking human being, you observe history, you observe science, you observe the laws of physics. Holy books never are and will never be on the same level.
Physics and science know no silly boundaries like culture and countries, therefore they are solid truths Neither should God in theory because God created everything.
Therefore if the science in these Holy books are questionable some of the practices should also come into question. The concept of God should be on par with science because as religion claims, he/she created us and the universe.
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