[ZULU]

Fromour cultural perspective it is more like paedophilia than rape. On the other hand, in Christian Medieval Europe it was not unusual for women of eleven, twelve or thirteen to be given in marriage to older men.

Remember that a vast cultural and temporal divide separates America of the twenty first century from Arabia of the eight century. Failure to recognize changing times is one of the abysses into which these modern-day Islamic fundamentalists frequently fall

[babygene]

"From our cultural perspective it is more like paedophilia than rape."

From my cultural perspective, paedophilia IS rape. Your perspective is different?

In this country as well, young women married much younger 200 years ago (middle teen years). In Delaware 30 years ago, 14 year old's could get married without the consent of their parents.

However not at 6 years old to a 50 year old man. That is and always has been a crime in most all non-islamic countries.