10-01-2005, 08:32 PM
Bismillah
Universist
You are bit unclear here, first you give an example of man made laws for rape, and then you ask if a man that is 18 can have sex with a girl under 15?
Are these two questions connected somehow? I don't quite understand HOW.
If a young man is MARRIED to a young woman they can have sex TOGETHER, yes, but not with anyone else that they are not married to. But if they are unmarried they cannot have sex with each other or anyone else either, before they marry.
It is not that common to marry early, I think, not today anyway, but if you have reached puberty and you are mature enough to do it, then it is possible. I think this was more common in earlier days, even others than Muslims did practice this. Maybe they came to be more responsible at an earlier age and grow up faster, faster than today?