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The above shows a clear apologetic bias at work; no modern person, especially given contemporary concerns about sexual consent prevalent in modern culture, would cast the marriage of a woman taken as a slave to the man who had just defeated her tribe in battle and murdered her husband as an example of fair and equal consent. The author above is clearly more concerned with modern perceptions of Muhammad and how they conform to contemporary mores around things like sexual consent than the plain facts of what is written in the texts. | The above shows a clear apologetic bias at work; no modern person, especially given contemporary concerns about sexual consent prevalent in modern culture, would cast the marriage of a woman taken as a slave to the man who had just defeated her tribe in battle and murdered her husband as an example of fair and equal consent. The author above is clearly more concerned with modern perceptions of Muhammad and how they conform to contemporary mores around things like sexual consent than the plain facts of what is written in the texts. | ||
Meraj Mohiuddin's book 2015 Revelation: The Story of Muhammad provides only a single paragraph on the story of Safiyyah's capture and betrothal to Muhammad, summarizing it as such: | |||
{{Quote|2=While the people of Khaybar return to their homes, Kinanah's 17-year-old widow, Safiyyah bin Huyay, approaches the Prophet and relates a dream in which she saw a brilliant moon over the city of Medina. The moon moved to Khaybar and then fell into her lap. The Prophet interprets her dream by giving her the choice of returning to her people or embracing Islam and joining his household as his 10th wife. Safiyyah readily chooses the latter.|<ref><ref name="Mohiuddin2015">{{cite book | author = Meraj Mohiuddin | date = 2015 | title = Revelation: The Story of Muhammad : Peace and Blessings be Upon Him | publisher = Whiteboard Press | pages = | isbn = 978-0-9896288-0-8 | oclc = 1069569279 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RJvTjwEACAAJ}}</ref></ref> | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||