Islams Romeo and Juliet

Max, my German friend on the towpath, who is a large Rottwieler has a romantic heart, entirely at odds with his Germanic breeding.

He shared this fabulous love story with me. About this fellow who had been married 11 times, mostly to women who could help him in his career, and so not really for love, until finally, at the age of 52 he found true love.

After a 3 year engagement, the loving couple married. She was 9 at the time, he was, as I mentioned, 52.

I am a sucker for romantic stories, and so rather than take the cynical view that love across the age barrier between prophets and mere mortals raises issues fundamental to the credibility of Islam, I instead find myself celebrating the great love between the Prophet Muhammad and his child bride Aisha.


Those who feel it appropriate to relate the word pedophile to the goings on in the Prophets (PBUH) bedroom just because of the age difference, are missing the point of Islam.

Woof woof..........

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