Discouraged

[jihad2]

Wa'salaam alaikum. I am new to Islam and I recently found out the the Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings be upon him) had a 9 year old wife named Ai'sha while he was 54 years old. This is really upsetting and discouraging to me. Can somebody please help me feel better about this? I've been studying Islam and agree with its principles and views until I heard about this.

Wa'salaam,
Jihad2

[Abu Rawan]

Wa'salaam alaikum. I am new to Islam and I recently found out the the Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings be upon him) had a 9 year old wife named Ai'sha while he was 54 years old. This is really upsetting and discouraging to me. Can somebody please help me feel better about this? I've been studying Islam and agree with its principles and views until I heard about this.

Wa'salaam,
Jihad2

Assalama Alaikom brother,

Before answering your question, we would like first to state that through the centuries, the enemies of Islam have advanced numerous accusations and far-fetched theories to discredit Islam and its last Prophet, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Praise be to Allah alone, all such accusations have been successfully refuted by the Muslim Ummah. It is no wonder that we see a group of some Christians reinventing accusations against the noble character of the Prophet about his marriage to young `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her).


Actually "The author of this flyer attacks the character of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) by using these words, “Prophet of God having sex with a 9-year-old girl.” He is trying to confuse his readers as if the Prophet was not married to this girl or married her against her will. The Prophet’s wife `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was indeed young, but he married her according to the traditions of his people at that time.

`A’ishah was most pleased with this marriage. She became his best supporter and learned much of Islam from him. She was a great teacher for many women and men of her time. Her parents were very pleased with this marriage. Historically, it is not confirmed that she was 9 years old when she came in the household of the Prophet. There are various reports from age 9 to age 24. Her maturity, knowledge, intelligence, and contributions during the life of the Prophet and afterwards all indicate that she was either an exceptional nine-year-old or must have been older than that. Whatever the case may be about her age, one thing is certain: she was a most compatible spouse of Prophet Muhammad. None of the contemporaries of the Prophet, his friends or foes, are reported to be surprised by this marriage or made objections to it.

The author should read his own Bible and ask himself how fair he is in judging Prophet Muhammad with one standard and his own prophets with another. If he thinks that a Prophet of God should not have a very young wife, then he should also reject Abraham as God’s Prophet. If he cannot accept a 50-year-old Prophet of God having a 9-year-old wife (though I do not agree that she was 9), then he should also not accept an 86-year- old Prophet of God who slept with a young maiden of his own wife without marrying her, as the Bible says (see Genesis 16:1-16). He should then reject all the Prophets who came in the line of Prophet Abraham, including Jesus. He should also reject the whole Bible, Old and New Testament, because they both praise Abraham as a great person.

We as Muslims, of course, honor Prophet Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him) and respect his marriage to Hajar (may Allah be pleased with her). She was the honored mother of Prophet Isma`il (peace and blessings be upon him and upon all the Prophets of God)."

You can also read:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543986
and
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503544940

Peace.

[Abu Rawan]

Sorry for the duplicated post it seems like there is a problem in the forum.

[aboomohammad]

Sorry for the duplicated post it seems like there is a problem in the forum.
I deleted the duplicate.
salams
Aboo Mohammad

[aboomohammad]

Assalama Alaikom brother,

Before answering your question, we would like first to state that through the centuries, the enemies of Islam have advanced numerous accusations and far-fetched theories to discredit Islam and its last Prophet, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Praise be to Allah alone, all such accusations have been successfully refuted by the Muslim Ummah. It is no wonder that we see a group of some Christians reinventing accusations against the noble character of the Prophet about his marriage to young `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her).


Actually "The author of this flyer attacks the character of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) by using these words, “Prophet of God having sex with a 9-year-old girl.” He is trying to confuse his readers as if the Prophet was not married to this girl or married her against her will. The Prophet’s wife `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was indeed young, but he married her according to the traditions of his people at that time.

`A’ishah was most pleased with this marriage. She became his best supporter and learned much of Islam from him. She was a great teacher for many women and men of her time. Her parents were very pleased with this marriage. Historically, it is not confirmed that she was 9 years old when she came in the household of the Prophet. There are various reports from age 9 to age 24. Her maturity, knowledge, intelligence, and contributions during the life of the Prophet and afterwards all indicate that she was either an exceptional nine-year-old or must have been older than that. Whatever the case may be about her age, one thing is certain: she was a most compatible spouse of Prophet Muhammad. None of the contemporaries of the Prophet, his friends or foes, are reported to be surprised by this marriage or made objections to it.

The author should read his own Bible and ask himself how fair he is in judging Prophet Muhammad with one standard and his own prophets with another. If he thinks that a Prophet of God should not have a very young wife, then he should also reject Abraham as God’s Prophet. If he cannot accept a 50-year-old Prophet of God having a 9-year-old wife (though I do not agree that she was 9), then he should also not accept an 86-year- old Prophet of God who slept with a young maiden of his own wife without marrying her, as the Bible says (see Genesis 16:1-16). He should then reject all the Prophets who came in the line of Prophet Abraham, including Jesus. He should also reject the whole Bible, Old and New Testament, because they both praise Abraham as a great person.

We as Muslims, of course, honor Prophet Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him) and respect his marriage to Hajar (may Allah be pleased with her). She was the honored mother of Prophet Isma`il (peace and blessings be upon him and upon all the Prophets of God)."

You can also read:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543986
and
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503544940

Peace.
salams
i just like to mention a few things here.Abraham and Hajar were husband and wife.the Christians out of lack of knowledge of their scriptures claim that prophet Abraham committed adultery wirth Hajar because they have a habit of slandering prophets but when you look at the bible you will see that Sarah Gave Abraham her maiden as a wife and it says clearly in the Bible to be his wife
Genesis 16:3

Ge 16:3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

I think this is clear here and we do not need to elaborate more a wife is a wife.In order to rob Ismail (as) of his heritage and give to Ishaq they claim Ismail was illegitimate son of adultery, but their own bible talks against them.
Also many who I have discussed with, in order to deny Ismail his rights they end up saying anything and often in order to try and win the discussion just claim "Abraham was not a prophet" With that too they are putting another nail in their coffin because the bible says he was a prophet.

Ge 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.


That was just some biblcal infor mation for you just in case you might need it in the future.
Now the issue of Aisha (ra), first of all i am sorry that you feel discouraged by the twisting and slanderings of the non muslim in order to make our dear prophet Mohamed (Saws) seem evil.Not only do they deny him, they seek tio slander him, to just deny him as prophet is one thing, one is free to choose what religion he wants to practice.Quran says there is no compulsion in religion, howver they don't leave it at that they slander his character just like the peophet(saws) uncles Abu Lahab and Abu Jahal.Look how they ended up.As for Aishah she was engaged to someone else before the offer from the prophet (saws) came.now being betrothed to someone else she would have been 6 or slightly under because she married the prophet (saws) at 6 but she did not move to his house and cosummate the marriage until she was 9.
Now if she was betrothed to someone else it means here parents gave her hand willingly, to someone else?Was there a problem with that? No the whole of Mecca did not turn against Abu bakr her father did they? If that was an unacceptable act then the Quraish who knew Abu Bakr had become muslim (as he was one of the early muslims) would have made an issue about it as the slanders are doing now.They had nothing to lose, in the beginning the non muslims were persecuting Muslims in mecca and the muslims (apart from a handful of the pwoerful one like Umar and hamza) the rest, even the prophet Mohamed did not fight them back.So if it was such a monstrous thing in those days to marry a 9 year old girl, why were they silent when she was betrothed to another at 6. For the Last 12- 13 centuries this issue was never raised since it was normal at the time for women to be married young, very young as soon as they mature.There are Christian texts which say Mary gave birth to Jesus at 12 is that still not young.Only 3 yeras difference.Some Girls mature earlier others later.In those days they matured earlier and were married off earlier.There is eveidence i posted somewhere that only recently about 100 years ago that some cities in the US raised the Age of Consent for Americans to have sex( authubillah) from the age of 10.But they find it it unacceptable that a girl gets married at 9.To have sex outside marriage is no problem for them at any age.The Jewish Talmud says sex with 3 years old is permissible. But for a man to legally marry a youing girl they find it unacceptable.
That is all because our dear prophet (SAWS) did so that is why they raise the issue. I came up with evidence for them that kings of the past and other people Married young but still to deny it they claimed that if other people did it, it does not mean it is right for a prophet to do so. That is their arrogance and ignorance, may Allah guide them before its too late.
I hope that i have answered your query well and if there are any errors they come from me as whatever comes from man is imperfect and whatever come from Allah is perfect.
salams
Aboo mohammad

[JAWAHIR DEEN]

salams
i just like to mention a few things here.Abraham and Hajar were husband and wife.the Christians out of lack of knowledge of their scriptures claim that prophet Abraham committed adultery wirth Hajar because they have a habit of slandering prophets but when you look at the bible you will see that Sarah Gave Abraham her maiden as a wife and it says clearly in the Bible to be his wife
Genesis 16:3

Ge 16:3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

I think this is clear here and we do not need to elaborate more a wife is a wife.In order to rob Ismail (as) of his heritage and give to Ishaq they claim Ismail was illegitimate son of adultery, but their own bible talks against them.
Also many who I have discussed with, in order to deny Ismail his rights they end up saying anything and often in order to try and win the discussion just claim "Abraham was not a prophet" With that too they are putting another nail in their coffin because the bible says he was a prophet.

Ge 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.


That was just some biblcal infor mation for you just in case you might need it in the future.
Now the issue of Aisha (ra), first of all i am sorry that you feel discouraged by the twisting and slanderings of the non muslim in order to make our dear prophet Mohamed (Saws) seem evil.Not only do they deny him, they seek tio slander him, to just deny him as prophet is one thing, one is free to choose what religion he wants to practice.Quran says there is no compulsion in religion, howver they don't leave it at that they slander his character just like the peophet(saws) uncles Abu Lahab and Abu Jahal.Look how they ended up.As for Aishah she was engaged to someone else before the offer from the prophet (saws) came.now being betrothed to someone else she would have been 6 or slightly under because she married the prophet (saws) at 6 but she did not move to his house and cosummate the marriage until she was 9.
Now if she was betrothed to someone else it means here parents gave her hand willingly, to someone else?Was there a problem with that? No the whole of Mecca did not turn against Abu bakr her father did they? If that was an unacceptable act then the Quraish who knew Abu Bakr had become muslim (as he was one of the early muslims) would have made an issue about it as the slanders are doing now.They had nothing to lose, in the beginning the non muslims were persecuting Muslims in mecca and the muslims (apart from a handful of the pwoerful one like Umar and hamza) the rest, even the prophet Mohamed did not fight them back.So if it was such a monstrous thing in those days to marry a 9 year old girl, why were they silent when she was betrothed to another at 6. For the Last 12- 13 centuries this issue was never raised since it was normal at the time for women to be married young, very young as soon as they mature.There are Christian texts which say Mary gave birth to Jesus at 12 is that still not young.Only 3 yeras difference.Some Girls mature earlier others later.In those days they matured earlier and were married off earlier.There is eveidence i posted somewhere that only recently about 100 years ago that some cities in the US raised the Age of Consent for Americans to have sex( authubillah) from the age of 10.But they find it it unacceptable that a girl gets married at 9.To have sex outside marriage is no problem for them at any age.The Jewish Talmud says sex with 3 years old is permissible. But for a man to legally marry a youing girl they find it unacceptable.
That is all because our dear prophet (SAWS) did so that is why they raise the issue. I came up with evidence for them that kings of the past and other people Married young but still to deny it they claimed that if other people did it, it does not mean it is right for a prophet to do so. That is their arrogance and ignorance, may Allah guide them before its too late.
I hope that i have answered your query well and if there are any errors they come from me as whatever comes from man is imperfect and whatever come from Allah is perfect.
salams
Aboo mohammad


Further to Aboo Mohammad comment on age of consent that was raised ....it was in 1889...California....from 10 to 14..details below..

Now compare that just over hundred thirty years ago ( 1889) to how it was 1400 years ago...and you have a logical honest answer to the question...!!



Copyright 1998 by The Center for Applied Philosophy, Sixes, Oregon.
Originally appeared on The Radical Academy website and reproduced with permission.
Dr. Dolhenty is executive director of The Center for Applied Philosophy.




Few people seem to be aware of the crazy-quilt of our laws regarding the age of consent for sexual activity. Even fewer people seem to know anything about the historical background of the consent laws.

The common law, from which America gets much of its precedents in the legal field, set the age of consent at age ten. In other words, participating in sexual activity with someone above the age of ten did not result in the crime of "statutory" rape or child molesting. The activity may have come under other statutory or informal social regulations, but anyone over the age of ten could consent to a sexual activity.

During the latter part of the last century and the early part of the present one, attitudes towards sexual activity began to change in America and so did attitudes toward the age of consent. California
was one of the first states to raise the age of consent. It raised it from ten to fourteen in 1889 and then from fourteen to sixteen in 1897. Then, in 1913, California again raised it from sixteen to eighteen.
A number of other states then joined the bandwagon and raised the age of consent including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New York, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Tennessee went the furthest: under Tennessee law, it was a felony to have sex with any woman under twenty-one.

Under the new statutes the age of the male made no difference. If two sixteen year olds got involved in sexual activity, the boy was guilty of rape and the girl was officially an innocent victim. It was legally the same regardless of whether she was, in fact, an innocent victim or a
willing and eager partner in "crime." The laws made teenage sex a serious crime&emdash;for the males. It was a crime to take a woman's chastity, even if she gave it away. It was age discrimination
at its best.

The age of consent laws have never made any sense. The variances among the individual states is enormous and what would pass as a willing, consensual sexual encounter in one state is a serious crime with severe penalties in another.

When I was a police officer, I was involved in a situation that illustrates the problem. The state in which I worked had the age of consent at eighteen. While I and another officer were on patrol one
Friday night, we made a pass through one of the local parks. We spotted an automobile parked in the middle of one of the single lanes that roamed throughout the park. The car, in fact, was blocking the roadway. We got out of the patrol car and approached the offending vehicle. We peered through the windows and spotted a couple in the back seat, naked as jay birds, engaged in a sexual act. We tapped our flashlights on the back window, scaring the devil out of the occupants.

We managed to convince the couple to get some clothes on and step out of the car. Since the couple looked rather young, we demanded some identification. The driver licenses they produced showed that they were from the next town, the boy was seventeen years old and the girl was eighteen. The girl was of legal age, and could give consent to the activity. The boy was underage, technically a "child," and could not give legal consent.

In an interesting twist on a common situation, the boy was the "victim" in this case and the girl could be charged with anything from "statutory" rape to child molesting. She would be a sex offender and
be so marked for the rest of her life. She would have to register as a sex offender with the police department of any city she moved to throughout the state. In short, her life would be miserable. This would be so even though they both were in the same class in high school and had a boy-friend-girl-friend relationship.

Neither the other police officer nor I could see ourselves branding this girl as a rapist or child molester. The boy had been a willing "victim" even though the law said he couldn't give consent. Had they been married, which they could have been under the law, the act they were
engaging in would have been none of the police's business (except for the fact they were doing it in a public place). The boy could legally quit school (the age of consent for that was sixteen). The boy could legally enter the Marine Corps and defend his country in time of war (the age for that was seventeen with parental approval). He could, in short, have died for his country, but he was a "child" as far as the law was concerned and could not legally engage in sexual activity.

So what did we do? My fellow officer and I gave the couple a traditional lecture on the dangers of what they were doing and particularly doing it in what constituted a public place. We put into
them what "fear of hell" we could and let them go home. That was the sensible thing to do.

The information in this article and the graphs is assumed to be accurate as of 1995. The sources used to obtain the information are:

The World Almanac, 1995;

Lawrence M. Friedman, Crime and Punishment in American History (BasicBooks, 1993);

Peter McWilliams, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do (Prelude Press, 1993).


Look at the age of consent for the state of New Mexico in the chart on the left below. 13! Does this mean the kids who live in New Mexico are much more mature and intelligent than the kids in the other states of our nation?

I wonder why the kids in some states are considered mature enough to make decisions but in other states they are not? If a kid goes from Wisconsin to New Mexico, does he or she get "instant" maturity? If a boy or girl goes from New Mexico to Wisconsin, do they "instantly"
become immature?

Does any of this make sense?

The graph at the right below gives the ages at which people can get married in the United States.

There are some interesting things one finds in analyzing the graph:

The boys and girls in California must be smarter and more mature than other kids in the country since they can get married at any age with parental consent.

The kids in Hawaii must be considered more mature than other kids in the nation since they can get married at 16 without parental consent. Notice that a girl in Massachusetts can get married at 12 with parental consent and in New Hampshire at age 13. But in New Hampshire, she can't consent to sexual activity until she is 18. Does this mean she can't consent to sex even though she is married under the age of 18?

In Mississippi, the boy must be 17 and the girl 15 to get married with parental consent. Isn't this age discrimination in violation of the civil rights laws?

EDITOR NOTE: The following chart appeared with the original article and is presented here for completeness. However, the most accurate information on the various ages of sexual consent are at http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm








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[JAWAHIR DEEN]

I posted this yesterday but still not there. This is in reference to Borther Aboo Muhammad comment on age of consent...it was changed in 1889 from 10 years old to 14..see text in red...

That was mere 100+ years..now we are talking more than 1400 years ago.


Jawahir


The Crazy-Quilt of Our Age of Consent Laws

by Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D.


Copyright 1998 by The Center for Applied Philosophy, Sixes, Oregon.
Originally appeared on The Radical Academy website and reproduced with permission.
Dr. Dolhenty is executive director of The Center for Applied Philosophy.




Few people seem to be aware of the crazy-quilt of our laws regarding the age of consent for sexual activity. Even fewer people seem to know anything about the historical background of the consent laws.

The common law, from which America gets much of its precedents in the legal field, set the age of consent at age ten. In other words, participating in sexual activity with someone above the age of ten did not result in the crime of "statutory" rape or child molesting. The activity may have come under other statutory or informal social regulations, but anyone over the age of ten could consent to a sexual activity.

During the latter part of the last century and the early part of the present one, attitudes towards sexual activity began to change in America and so did attitudes toward the age of consent. California
was one of the first states to raise the age of consent. It raised it from ten to fourteen in 1889 and then from fourteen to sixteen in 1897. Then, in 1913, California again raised it from sixteen to eighteen.A number of other states then joined the bandwagon and raised the age of consent including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New York, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Tennessee went the furthest: under Tennessee law, it was a felony to have sex with any woman under twenty-one.

Under the new statutes the age of the male made no difference. If two sixteen year olds got involved in sexual activity, the boy was guilty of rape and the girl was officially an innocent victim. It was legally the same regardless of whether she was, in fact, an innocent victim or a
willing and eager partner in "crime." The laws made teenage sex a serious crime&emdash;for the males. It was a crime to take a woman's chastity, even if she gave it away. It was age discrimination
at its best.

The age of consent laws have never made any sense. The variances among the individual states is enormous and what would pass as a willing, consensual sexual encounter in one state is a serious crime with severe penalties in another.

When I was a police officer, I was involved in a situation that illustrates the problem. The state in which I worked had the age of consent at eighteen. While I and another officer were on patrol one
Friday night, we made a pass through one of the local parks. We spotted an automobile parked in the middle of one of the single lanes that roamed throughout the park. The car, in fact, was blocking the roadway. We got out of the patrol car and approached the offending vehicle. We peered through the windows and spotted a couple in the back seat, naked as jay birds, engaged in a sexual act. We tapped our flashlights on the back window, scaring the devil out of the occupants.

We managed to convince the couple to get some clothes on and step out of the car. Since the couple looked rather young, we demanded some identification. The driver licenses they produced showed that they were from the next town, the boy was seventeen years old and the girl was eighteen. The girl was of legal age, and could give consent to the activity. The boy was underage, technically a "child," and could not give legal consent.

In an interesting twist on a common situation, the boy was the "victim" in this case and the girl could be charged with anything from "statutory" rape to child molesting. She would be a sex offender and
be so marked for the rest of her life. She would have to register as a sex offender with the police department of any city she moved to throughout the state. In short, her life would be miserable. This would be so even though they both were in the same class in high school and had a boy-friend-girl-friend relationship.

Neither the other police officer nor I could see ourselves branding this girl as a rapist or child molester. The boy had been a willing "victim" even though the law said he couldn't give consent. Had they been married, which they could have been under the law, the act they were
engaging in would have been none of the police's business (except for the fact they were doing it in a public place). The boy could legally quit school (the age of consent for that was sixteen). The boy could legally enter the Marine Corps and defend his country in time of war (the age for that was seventeen with parental approval). He could, in short, have died for his country, but he was a "child" as far as the law was concerned and could not legally engage in sexual activity.

So what did we do? My fellow officer and I gave the couple a traditional lecture on the dangers of what they were doing and particularly doing it in what constituted a public place. We put into
them what "fear of hell" we could and let them go home. That was the sensible thing to do.

The information in this article and the graphs is assumed to be accurate as of 1995. The sources used to obtain the information are:

The World Almanac, 1995;

Lawrence M. Friedman, Crime and Punishment in American History (BasicBooks, 1993);

Peter McWilliams, Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do (Prelude Press, 1993).


Look at the age of consent for the state of New Mexico in the chart on the left below. 13! Does this mean the kids who live in New Mexico are much more mature and intelligent than the kids in the other states of our nation?

I wonder why the kids in some states are considered mature enough to make decisions but in other states they are not? If a kid goes from Wisconsin to New Mexico, does he or she get "instant" maturity? If a boy or girl goes from New Mexico to Wisconsin, do they "instantly"
become immature?

Does any of this make sense?

The graph at the right below gives the ages at which people can get married in the United States.

There are some interesting things one finds in analyzing the graph:

The boys and girls in California must be smarter and more mature than other kids in the country since they can get married at any age with parental consent.

The kids in Hawaii must be considered more mature than other kids in the nation since they can get married at 16 without parental consent. Notice that a girl in Massachusetts can get married at 12 with parental consent and in New Hampshire at age 13. But in New Hampshire, she can't consent to sexual activity until she is 18. Does this mean she can't consent to sex even though she is married under the age of 18?

In Mississippi, the boy must be 17 and the girl 15 to get married with parental consent. Isn't this age discrimination in violation of the civil rights laws?

EDITOR NOTE: The following chart appeared with the original article and is presented here for completeness. However, the most accurate information on the various ages of sexual consent are at http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm








NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Copyright holders: We are not trying to assert any rights to your article. We operate as a repository with a virtually unlimited storage capacity. We capture and store articles to prevent loss due to system crashes and the space limitations that most sites operate under. We will remove your article if you wish. This is a non-profit site. AgeOfConsent.com is a repository of both legal and commentary information on laws relating to sexual activity. We do not, and can not offer any legal advice or provide any legal counsel. Do not write to us requesting our advice or suggestions -- your email will be ignored. This web site and its contents are in no way affiliated, funded, or regulated by any Local, State, Federal or International government agency or governing body. Information contained on this site has been provided by readers and/or has been discovered through the research of volunteers. Other than cursory review, no efforts have been made to independently verify the current status of the legal statutes contained in these page nor whether any cases used as examples are still precedent. Do not rely on this information to make legal decisions. You should contact a legal advisor in your area for a proper determination of law on any questions you might have. Any emails and other user comments and opinions included on this site are the opinions of the creator of the message and are not necessarily those of this site, its editors, advertisers or other affiliated entities.

[JAWAHIR DEEN]

table did not show..and somehow cannot be copy/paste...teh website also cannot be opened anymore...

will try other means to show age of consent for US.


Salam.