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According to [[apologists]], "Muhammad married most of his wives for political reasons. He only married so many women at one time out of political necessity." | According to [[apologists]], "Prophet Muhammad married most of his wives for political reasons. He only married so many women at one time out of political necessity." | ||
This reasoning does not convince many critics. No matter how urgent the needs of state, they argue, nothing justifies having more than one wife at a time. If [[Muhammad]] could not see any way around his political problems except [[polygamy]], that simply proves he was not a "prophet". | This reasoning does not convince many critics. No matter how urgent the needs of state, they argue, nothing justifies having more than one wife at a time. If [[Muhammad]] could not see any way around his political problems except [[polygamy]], that simply proves he was not a "prophet". | ||