Yemeni child brides and a debate over Qur'an 65:4
In this video, David Wood links the issue of child brides in Yemen to his reading of Islamic texts. The views in the video are the speaker's own.
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Wood argues that Qur'an 65:4 permits men to have sexual relations with girls before puberty. He also points to the marriage of the Prophet Muhammad to Aisha, who he says was nine years old when the marriage was consummated.
He says that many Muslims in the West are uncomfortable with this and reject his reading. In the video he sets out what he presents as his evidence.