The most common defense I see of Muhammad is that he wasn't atypical for a leader of that time period, most of the powerful men back then had slaves, beat women, had child brides etc. Well that raises two obvious issues.
A. Muslims claim Muhammad was morally perfect, so shouldn't he have better morality then average?
B. We don't live in that time period.
A. Muslims claim Muhammad was morally perfect, so shouldn't he have better morality then average?
B. We don't live in that time period.