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Does that really surprise you?I read the article and comments on the last link listed above. It looks like there are some people who agreed and disagreed about this.
Mohamet married his adopted son’s wife.
It isn’t disputed by most Mohammedans that he married Zeinab, or that Zaid was his legally adopted son. It was so unusual even to the people of the 7th century that a verse in the Qur’an was required to quiet the dispute.
Much like a verse that settled the controversy when his child wife was accused of an affair with a Muslim soldier during a war party.
You said:
I believe what I do, supported more on reason than faith. I read both pro and con on any subject I am passionate about. Somewhere in the middle of such comparrisons is something closer to a truth than either extreme presents. Sometimes the truth is extreme.I am trying to learn why people believe they believe.
I also prefer to compose a response rather than cut and past from a website because my reasoned view is often different in significant nuance.
The marriage to Zeinab has had a lasting impact in Mohammedan culture. Is this your view of adoption? I think it is more than just a cultural difference, but a fundamental shift away from the kind of family love God intended. I can’t help but think that is subtle evil at work. One of many evils that come from Islam, and some not so subtle.
If you have not read the comments from some Mohammedans on CAF (much less other news/information sources) that defend the assassinations, the marriage/consumation to a 6/9 year old child, the unprovoked battles against Jews in 7th centuray Arabia…, and/or hope for a socio/political Islamic theocracy destined to sweep the world again soon…then you are probably have a real life.