I see a lot of the racists on the board (you will have suuuch an interesting conversation with the Father) that aren't aware of the differences between culture and religion. The misogyny comes from Arab culture, not from Islam.
To be clear, this all comes down to the talking point about Aisha's age. This is the Holy Grail of Islamophobia; wielded with the same zeal as FBI crime statistics on African Americans in the debate on Black crime. For the record, most people that actually practice the religion do not believe that she was nine. This is established; the hadiths that point to her being younger are disputed (kinda like how we ignore the Apocrypha).
This guy was a fucking pervert. And from a culture that has serious issues with women's rights (rape rate is off the chain). Don't think this was so much about him being Muslim as just being a terrible person.
And if you are going to bring up pedophilia, you are being a coward not to bring up the rampant pedophilia that happens in both Christian and Jewish places of worship. Even if you want to believe that Islam condones this, then in the same breath concede me this; what worse, the very teachers of this faith performing this sin, like in the case of the priests touching the kids, or just a guy in the faith that does this? Both are equally vile, but when the actual guys that are supposed to be the moral compass are fucking the kids, that actually gets in my craw a little deeper.
I find it funny that people that are too ignorant to actually research this stuff, have such strong opinions on it. T
Islam is the same false religion as the Muslims themselves. I do not advocate any religion. I'm an atheist, but I compare the behavior of people based on their religion. It seems to me that Muslims are the most aggressive and deceitful.
Check out Satanism. It's an actual religion, and was in vogue in Hollywood back in the day. It's still around, but it's gotten much better at flying under the radar.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_SatanismIt's funny they never get vilified when the Islam discussion cones up. despite actually having a religion that openly espouses getting ahead at the expense of others, and openly practicing evil, selfish works. Founder actually is a pedo.
And as an atheist, I'm assuming you used to come from an Abrahamic faith. In my experience, most atheists reject a childhood religion when they see it grossly misapplied. Misapplication isn't actual practice. Do you think that the people you were around were good representatives of said faith, given how you reacted? Bad Christians aren't Christians. They are mislead people spouting non sensical bullshit. And it's those people that fuck it up for everyone else.
Also, as an atheist, recognize your bias. You have obviously seen some shitty stuff done in the name of God. Don't you think that may have colored your perceptions a bit?