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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Essay: Rejecting the "Aisha Was Older" Apologetic Myth|2=[[File:Muslim, Christian and Jew.jpg|160px|link=Rejecting Dr David Lieperts Aisha Was Older Apologetic Myth]]|3=Some well-intentioned people are claiming that "Most scholars for the last 1200 years suggest Aisha was 11-14 at the time of the consummation of her marriage to Muhammad", and one person even provided a link to an apologetic piece by Dr. David Liepert at the Huffington Post titled, "Rejecting the Myth of Sanctioned Child Marriage in Islam".
Apparently the arguments raised by Liepert and others have given many the false impression that Aisha's age is a long contested issue in Islam, and that it is a valid argument over interpretation that could eventually lead to reforms within mainstream Islam. The problem I have with this, is that it is certainly not an argument over interpretation.
The text clearly say one thing and one thing only. For anyone with a little knowledge on the subject and who has actually read the source material, it is disingenuous to claim otherwise. For people like Liepert, simply lying about what sources say may be effective in apologetic pieces, but they are useless if the intentions behind them are to reform the religion. ([[Rejecting Dr David Lieperts Aisha Was Older Apologetic Myth|''read more'']])}}</option>





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Persecution of Homosexuals
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Mahmoud Asgari (16) and Ayaz Marhoni (18) were Iranian teens who were publicly hanged in July 2005 for engaging in consensual homosexual sex. Similar incidents occur regularly throughout the Islamic world. Homosexuality is considered to be one of the worst sins in Islam and one of the greatest crimes punishable under Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad not only condemned homosexuality but even the "appearance" of homosexuality (effeminate men and masculine women). With the rise of the Islamic population amongst historically non-Muslim societies, also comes the rise in persecution. For example, while Muslims comprise just 2% of the total British population, they commit 25% of all anti-Homosexual crimes. However, this ongoing and increasing persecution of homosexuals by Muslims around the world, rarely makes the mainstream news. (read more)