Many people have heard about Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha when she was 6 years old, and how he had sexual intercourse with her when she was 9, and he was in his 50’s (Bukhari, and Muslim). This is either denied outright (without evidence) or explained as an anomaly. The truth however is that classical Islam, … Continue reading It Wasn’t Just Aisha: Child Marriage and Sexual Exploitation by Muhammad, and in Early Islam (Including the Qur’an)
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Most Religious Muslims Aren’t Religious, And That’s a Good Thing
Introduction There is a persistent myth, widely believed both within Muslim communities and outside them, that “religious” Muslims, those who pray, fast, and openly identify with Islam, are living embodiments of the faith’s actual teachings. Mosques are full of such people: men who pray five times daily, women who fast every Ramadan, families who send … Continue reading Most Religious Muslims Aren’t Religious, And That’s a Good Thing
No Human Being Has Access To Knowledge Or Power That Is Not Accessible To Other Human Beings
This is a highly controversial statement, especially to my religious brothers and sisters. However, it is a fact that whatever is accessible to one man, whatever one man can learn, another can also learn. No man has magic eyes or magic ears. If there is a sound, we can all hear it. If there is a sight, we can all see it. To say otherwise is to give some men the right to lie and to force the rest of us to believe it. The word "force" is key here. When one man lies, it is only by violence and coercion—verbal, physical, and psychological—that the lie can be spread among the rest of us.
