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Re:Tarteel – AI-powered Quran companion by electronicelyas on Sunday May 21, 2023 @07:03AM (#36019701)
I don't know why people think this is a 'gotcha', the answer is literally just 'yes'.

No one really has an argument against it other than that they don't personally like it, and the expectation that for some reason everyone should agree with the morality your culture happened to impose on you.

Re:Tarteel – AI-powered Quran companion by LittleShaman on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:53AM (#36020873)
No, people don't reject child marriages just because they don't like it, it is medically known to be harmful and children can't consent.

Further, moral relativism is a dangerous and absurd position to hold. It might be convenient in excusing something you hold that's controversial but it also means a group of people can use it to defend any position at all they have. Any familiarity with what we humans have done and do should tell you this won't be about excusing disagreements over irrelevant things like ice-cream flavors.

Re:Tarteel – AI-powered Quran companion by aorth on Sunday May 21, 2023 @07:02AM (#36019692)
Not defending Muhammad or Islam, but there is at least some recent opinion in academia that the entire story was fabricated for political reasons. An interesting read!

https://newlinesmag.com/essays/oxford-study-sheds-light-on-m...

Re:Tarteel – AI-powered Quran companion by formvoltron on Sunday May 21, 2023 @07:09AM (#36019745)
Pretty sure that there are also recent studies questioning if the guy ever existed.
Re:Tarteel – AI-powered Quran companion by formvoltron on Sunday May 21, 2023 @07:06AM (#36019725)
Dang you beat me to it. All there is to add here is that he was over 50 at the time he married a 6 year old.

Mohammed got his start by marrying a wealthy woman, then he started businesses using that wealth, then he could relax, create a religion and marry many women including children. He co-opted already existing single deity systems and brought that to the Arabic world. He copied a business idea basically.

How is this guy any sort of role model?