An urgent self-reflection that Muslims and this author needs to do is to question why they follow a religion so strongly associated with a so-called Prophet who married a girl at 6 and consummated the marriage when she was 9 years old. This is the person Sheema fawns over in article after article in the G&M. How is this ever acceptable to the G&M or to anyone?

The sad thing is that although this marriage is in the Hadith and is the sanction for much of the child marriages in Islamic countries...the G&M will more than likely censor this comment and any discussion around it. Just like the Muslim community does when they see it mentioned and deem it offensive so that is can't be discussed.