Re: Muslim attitudes towards rape [split: Muslim Women Gang Raped.. ]
Most countries have Child labor and minimum marriage age tests. These are introduced by some very wise people for good reason.
Banning chikd labor and introducing compulsory schooling are necessary for removal of poverty in the long term but do subject a strata of poor familes to additional trouble. Therefore for these laws to work and be fair, these should and are usually clubbed with some sort of financial assistance.
Child marriage is no longer a norm and I'd think is an exception, whether you're a orthodox jew or muslim. The cases of 9 year olds being forced to wed middle-aged man is no longer a fact - I don't think and I hope not.
Whether it was so practiced in the 6th century is immaterial.