why do we never hear of...?

Question

muslim peadophiles?? are there none?? or are they better hidden???

Answer 1

Their not called pedophiles because it's the norm there. Michael Jackson just converted to Islam, need I say more.

Answer 2

It's possible that it isn't recognised there yet, in many respects Islam is caught in what can be compared to the Western Middle Ages, when in Christendom, young girls aged 12 and 13 were frequently married off to much older men as business deals between ruling and/or wealthy families. In some of the more remote parts of the US and Canada, it is still legal for females to marry aged 13, as the areas needed to be populated when the US was founded, and they still haven't gotten around to changing all of the laws - or maybe it's just a convenient way of keeping the sheep healthy, I don't know.

Answer 3

I'm sure there are some. I think the USA media hasn't figured out a way to find it yet. Muslims, as well as other people from foreign countries, like to keep hidden from the USA because our media is bias and will not report from all sides. We have freedom of speech where some other countries don't and we don't have freedom to speak for other countries. It should be that way. USA media reports many falsehoods and preconceived notions because they don't tell us the entire story.

Answer 4

Islam does not condone pedophiles. a girl is allowed to get married as long as she is mature (has had her first period) and IS WILLING. thats what Islam says.
As for the culture that exists within arab society. I have been there and they do tend to sweep a lot of female oppression under the carpet.
It is NOT an Islamic principle.
Im think muslim pedophiles are more rare that others because the penalty for it in an Islamic state is death.
They do exist though. just like Christian and Jewish and Hindu pedophiles. Bear in mind that none of these religions, just like Islam, support them.
Pedophiles are the result of mental trauma and distress not religion.

Answer 5

Clearly I would say it's a matter of better hidden,no way does a religion teach the comple disregard for life that Islam teaches and then have someone struggle with something as petty as pedophilia(in comparison I mean) I also believe that one of Mohammeds wives was young enough to classify him as a pedophile,so maybe it's just ok as long as you do it properly.

Answer 6

They marry them young, I knew a Yemeni woman, who was married when she was 12 to a man of 32, she had her first baby when she was 13.

It is not a problem for a Muslim, it is only us in the Christian dominated countries that seem to have a problem with it

Answer 7

because they wouldnt make the ratings like a Christian preacher. it is all about ratings and money. Trust me, they exist. just look at your local law enforcement sexual predator listing. I saw a couple muslims get busted on some of the Dateline stings.

Answer 8

Man/boy sex is well established in male dominated Muslim societies. It is probably self-loathing shame of the victims that provide such a willing pool of volunteers for suicide bombers.

Answer 9

marrying a young women is not a crime !!
this is about culture it wasn't something weired to marry a young girl coz every girl in that's age marrying men bigger than them .

why ppl compare the perfect age to marry in past and nowadays ?
u cant compare society, financial, technology , clothes ....etc in
past and present .
for ur information there is no rape in Islam maybe one case all the year but in Christians nation there is 1 girl get rape every 4 girls.

Answer 10

to answer you question, yes there are paedophiles in all the countries, including Arab countries, but those are not considered as Muslims, cos Islam forbids it completely.

and to explain that Mohamed (pboh) was not one of them, please read the following text:

When the Nigerian journalist Isioma Daniel wrote that

Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, would want to take one

of the body-flaunting beauties in the Miss World

pageant as his wife, Isioma was, besides exhibiting

insensitivity, factually incorrect.



Muhammad's 12 wives, although not all married to him

at the same time, were modest, courageous,

independent, outspoken, righteous, patient and loyal.

They were not known for their physical beauty --

certainly not the kind that is flaunted in public.



All of Muhammad's wives chose to remain devoted to him

out of their own free will. The Quran recounts this

choice: "O Prophet, tell your wives: 'If you want the

worldly life and its attraction, then come on! I'll

let you enjoy them and dismiss you in a handsome

fashion.' "[33:28].



For this noble choice, they were afforded the generous

title of mother of the believers, exemplars of Muslim

womanhood.



Why did Muhammad marry 12 women? John Esposito, in

Islam: The Straight Path , writes, "As was customary

for Arab chiefs, many were political marriages to

cement alliances. Others were marriages to the widows

of his companions who had fallen in combat and were in

need of protection."



Muhammad was far ahead of his time by marrying

Khadija, a widow and an independent business owner 15

years older than he was, as his first wife. This

monogamous relationship, which lasted nearly 25 years,

until Khadija's death, was contrary to the

then-Jewish, Christian and Arab traditions that

allowed for unlimited wives.



Perhaps even more eye-opening was the fact that

Muhammad took Sawda as his second wife when she was a

65-year-old widow. This marriage came as a great

surprise to Muhammad's contemporaries, who usually

took wives for their wealth or beauty, rarely out of

compassion and affording security to women.



In fact, all but one of Muhammad's wives were widows,

and many of them were over the age of 40 when they

married him.



Two of Muhammad's marriages have come under particular

attack from those who never lose an opportunity to

promote Islamophobia, much like the idolaters of

Muhammad's time. Even in their enmity, the Meccans of

Muhammad's time never accused him of moral ineptitude.



The current charge that Muhammad took his third wife,

Aisha, when she was a minor is based on apocryphal

traditions. The preponderance of evidence suggests

that Aisha was between 16 and 19 years old when she

married Muhammad.



Another marriage that has raised current scrutiny is

his seventh wife, Zaynab. This marriage, as with most

of Muhammad's actions, was done to instruct the

nascent Muslim community by setting personal examples.

At issue was the relationship of an adopted child to

his new parents.



Modern Westerners may disagree, but Islam's position

is that adopted children are not equivalent in legal

or biological status to children out of natural birth.

To illustrate this, God commanded Muhammad to marry

the wife of his adopted son following their divorce.



While Muhammad was Caesar and pope in one, he had none

of their worldly possessions. In fact a mini-revolt

erupted among Muhammad's wives not due to jealousy (as

one might have expected) but complaints about their

lack of worldly possessions.



Muhammad's daytime was spent fulfilling his prophetic

mission of teaching. His nights were spent in long

solitary prayers. This lifestyle was scarcely

conducive to sexual perversion as suggested in many

misinformed quarters.



Authentic traditions tell us that Muhammad used to

stand in prayer during much of each night. In the

process, his feet would swell up. Aisha asked him

about his extreme efforts to please God even though

God had given him the good news of admittance into

Paradise. Muhammad's answer was befitting a prophet:

"Shouldn't I be a grateful servant?"



To avoid the kind of excesses that we saw in Nigeria,

both Muslims and non-Muslims need to know the

traditions of the other more thoroughly. Perhaps one

place to start is with the figure of Muhammad.



Karen Armstrong, in an upcoming PBS documentary titled

Muhammad (to be aired Dec. 18), says, "Muhammad was a

man who faced an absolutely hopeless situation. . . .

Single-handedly in a space of 23 years he brought

peace and a new hope to Arabia and a new beacon for

the world"

Answer 11

It's a bizarre cultural dichotomy that demands female virginity, but allows adult males to engage with children (especially male children) for sexual gratification as it is not considered a violation of Islamic law.

Of course, it is a system that indulges the male adults' predatory lustful desires by sexually abusing children - who themselves have no rights. But will presumably become adult paedophiles themselves. I guess it's considered something to look forward to.