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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".
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