Flying Dutchman wrote:There are two groups of people in this discussion:
-Those that consider a 50+ man having se.x with a 9 year old pedophilia
-Those that donot consider a 50+ man having se.x with a 9 year old pedophilia.
The first group are made out as loons by poster Shafique.
So where do I fit? I see the Quran, Hadith and Islamic laws that talk about what is considered se.xual maturity and the age of consent. According to the one paper, there is scientific evidence of an age of se.xual maturity that shows that thousands of years ago 9 year olds were already menstruating. In the society back then children had to grow up quickly and make their own way in life, unlike today. Especially girls were not spending time in school and there was no additional criteria of someone being mature enough after reaching a certain level of schooling, like we have today. With all of this evidence I can see why young people were likely married off and why 9 year olds were likely have se.x. However, what I don't agree with is why much older men were paired off with such young brides. I'm interested in whether there is anything in the Quran that discusses a proper age range for couples marrying. Otherwise I still have to agree that either there is an element of pedophilia going on, or it is a matter of possession/dominance and use of a female, or perhaps both. In any case, it seems quite immoral for decades older men to be marrying and having se.x with very young brides.