Was Muhammad a Pedophile?

[Rayaan]

So if someone wanted to have sex with your daughter, would you allow it since you can't see how a person could be emotionally damaged at that age?

I think you misread that part. Fr0d0 said that he can't see how it wouldn't be emotionally damaging at that age.

That said.. I can't see how it wouldn't be seriously emotionally damaging to have an adult sexual encounter at that age. Do we know this is the case? Do we know what actually happened?

As far as I know, there are no reports which say that Aisha was emotionally or physically damaged by her husband. On the contrary, she had become a very successful person in both religious and secular spheres of her life. She didn't have any mental symptoms of those suffered by many other victims of adult sexual encounters. Therefore, I think it is more reasonable to think that Muhammad was careful and gentle with his wife, not abusive.

And yes, every single detail of this particular story may not be accurate. Some argue that Aisha was older than 9 years old when she was married (although most believe that she was 9 years old indeed).

See this: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/artic...c0811-3718