This is one of those things that cause a stir, but the age of the girl has nothing to do with pedophilia. It had more to do with what was the acceptable custom in the Middle East at the time than any characteristic of Islam. Some say that the Virgin Mary was 13 when she became pregnant and was married to Joseph. There might still be areas where the practice goes on. We in Western society find it offensive, but if that is their culture, then so be it.
As an outside observer, I have to say that this kind of thing can do no good for your cause. I was reading a thread in another forum from the last elections in the UK and the UKIP was being mentioned as nothing more than a "watered down BNP." Pro-EU groups label their opposition as xenophobes, hate-mongers, etc. etc. and when someone goes and makes a remark about Muhammed that while in essence is true, is at the same time irrelevant, it gives them ammunition to use against British patriots.
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We're not a Christian political party, we're a British political party, and British people belong to a wide variety of religions. I know for a fact that UKIP contains Christians, Jews, Humanists and Muslims.
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I love this point. British people belong to not only to a wide variety of religions, they belong to a variety of races as well, and when one group or person speaks not out of interest of all Britons but only the traditional white inhabitants, then a large number of potential supporters are being thrown away.