'Girls of ten should wed'

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by technolarity, Jan 18, 2009.

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  2. MeMyselfAndI

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    I read about that, too, here. I'd actually heard about it some time ago on NPR - when I was employed as a courier; haven't listened much since I was laid off <sigh>. I commented as Rob't.

    It is going to be a VERY long time before "East meets West," and it's going to be a very rough road. If you've ever read Longitudes and Attitudes by Thomas L. Friedman (memo to self: I really need to sign up as an Amazon affiliate), you'll find that (arguably, I guess) that it is Islam's need, so to speak, to intellectually confront and resolve these (and many other issues. If you haven't read it, it is, IMHO, a must read for the world. Really.

    Also, apparently as I haven't read his work (memo to self: I really need to get an Amazon Wish List, too - maybe someone will actually buy me a book), Samuel Huntington wrote upon the issue(s) confronting the clash of civilizations. You can read a bit about him here.

    I'm not looking for a fight. I'm just stating the obvious: there are a LOT of differences to be ironed out.
     
    MeMyselfAndI, Jan 18, 2009 IP
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    He didn't say it is fine to have sex with little girl, this is your twisted mind that understand marriage as a sexual relationship only.

    He said marriage not sex.

    muslims don't understand marriage as sex, nor we understand sex as marriage.
     
    Polite teen, Jan 19, 2009 IP