newguy, i asked a muslim guy about the 6 yr old girl. he said, back then marrying a girl meant doing a great favor. There were more girls than thenumber of guys and getting married was a big thing.also, he said that the girl had some trouble back then and he rescused her by giving his wife's title. So if it is true then he was actually doing a favor for the girl. but , to be honest with you, i don't know what is the fact.. i haven't read the whole kuran.. just some points from here and there... Also who knows what deflowering meant according to the writing of hundreds of years.Maybe deflowering meant seeing her face when she was not wearing a burkha. who knows... it's not logical to judge hundreds of years ago by solely using 21st century values.. you have to consider the time differece and the differece in the value of society... just my 2 cents.. please let me know what you think... that muslim guy might be wrong or right... .but time difference is something very thoughtful,no?