Aisha is important to Islamic history. She wasn't oppressed and she was one of the most important figures in the early days to help spread Islam. She also lead men into Battle. She owned property and did many things that current states in the middle east would have you believe are against Islam.
Her marriage to Muhammad didn't come from some perversion. Our minds are warped to Only think of situations out of historical context and to lean towards thinking about perversions... but the truth is, this was not the case with this marriage. She was considered one of his favorite wives.
Having more than one wife wasn't unique to Islam. It was practiced all over the world back then and still is practiced today in some places, like Saudi Arabia and America. In this particular case ---- Muhammad didn't ask to marry her.. She was set to marry someone else, but Muhammad's Aunt and some of his associates suggested the marriage to Aisha so that they can strengthen the ties with Abu Bakr and his people. Tribal and community marriages are common with human in all of history. It was considered important in African tribes, and also with Monarchies of Europe (which is why they would marry cousins n other family members). Another reason the groups back then wanted Muhammad to marry Aisha was because she was a virgin. They thought it was important for him to have a least one virgin wife... the rest may have been smuts, I'm not sure.
Child marriage happens today on most continents... but was common to most cultures in antiquity. No one really thought it was wrong back in the day... it's just what it is But even today Sub-Saharan Africa has an issue with child marriage. I'm not sure if that has something to do with culture or not but in places like India nearly half of marriages the woman is under 18..and in some cases under 12. That is in 2013. In places like Yemen, Indonesia, and Canada.. people get married to underage girls all the time. In Canada is the girl is prego at 11 you can legally marry her - basically after you already violated the p*ssy. Today in the United States, certain Christian religious groups allow marriage as soon as a girl can bear children.... which can be as early as 8 or 9.
In most of history in places like Europe or the Middle East, child marriage was associated with arranged marriages, for the most part. This was how people made moves back then... and how people used their daughters to form bonds or get money.
14 million girls will get married this year and every year - who are under the age of 18, and that's not because Muhammad spoke the Qur'an.
This problem isn't solved with atheism because the practice didn't originate with religion, and most of the governments and groups that fight for the rights of young girls are religious
Most importantly its ignorant to harp on Muhammad about some sh1t that happened within his only known cultural context and mind-frame - when we have a continued issue with it today in a modern world.
We make threads about Muhammad but no thread on 14 million girls every year??? This clearly shows how fukked up we are.
Plus even the Plan EU girls rights group realizes that this situation is "deeply rooted in traditional social values and norms". Focusing on ignorant agendas to attack Islam because a 'false belief in Jesus as a God' or antagonistic atheism is just stupid.
Never heard that one. 
