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:In addition, my sections on "Why Muhammad married X" were designed to debunk some of the myths, i.e., none of his marriages had a charitable motivation, any political motivations were peripheral, all but one of his wives were beautiful, until 626 he basically had to marry anyone he could get. This could also be a separate article. It would counteract some of the propaganda about how his polygyny was "necessary". | :In addition, my sections on "Why Muhammad married X" were designed to debunk some of the myths, i.e., none of his marriages had a charitable motivation, any political motivations were peripheral, all but one of his wives were beautiful, until 626 he basically had to marry anyone he could get. This could also be a separate article. It would counteract some of the propaganda about how his polygyny was "necessary". | ||
:We could perhaps amalgamate this article with the "list of wives" article (on which I've done some work). Make the list the hub article, then link it to separate pages on each wife, plus a few short articles on "Concubinage," "Muhammad's Broken Engagements," "Tetragyny," etc. | :We could perhaps amalgamate this article with the "list of wives" article (on which I've done some work). Make the list the hub article, then link it to separate pages on each wife, plus a few short articles on "Concubinage," "Muhammad's Broken Engagements," "Tetragyny," etc. | ||
:You can use the pseudonym '''Petra MacDonald''' for the author. This is the English translation of '''Asma bint Marwan''' (with the elements reversed). | :You can use the pseudonym '''Petra MacDonald''' for the author. This is the English translation of '''Asma bint Marwan''' (with the elements reversed).[[User:1234567|1234567]] ([[User talk:1234567|talk]]) 15:25, 11 October 2012 (PDT) |