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The Age of consent for girls in America before the 19th century was as low as 10! (I wonder what it would've been if America existed at the time of Prophet Mohammad 1400 hundred years ago?!) and these same Americans criticize the prophet of Islam for marrying a 9 year old girl 1400 hundred years ago while in their own country NOT 1400 years ago but ONLY 100 years ago the age of consent for girls was as low as 10, hilarious indeed.

“In the late nineteenth century,"Age of consent" referred to the legal age at which a girl could consent to sexual relations. Men who engaged in sexual relations with girls who had not reached the age of consent could be criminally prosecuted. American reformers were shocked to discover that the laws of most states set the age of consent at the age of ten or twelve, and in one state, Delaware, the age of consent was only seven.”
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/teacher/aoc.htm

conclusion:
All I see here is double standard and hypocrisy from the Americans who criticize the prophet of Islam.

AGE OF CONSENT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD:

Age of consent in England:
“The age of consent for heterosexual acts was set at 12 in 1275 and remained so for six centuries.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#The_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland

“The age of consent in Spain is 13, as specified by the Spanish Penal Code, Articles 181(2) and 183.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#Spain

“The National age of consent in Japan is 13 for both males and females, as specified by the Japanese Penal Code Articles 176 and 177.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia#Japan