Those Days vs These Days

Love is open in liberal countries but forbidden in ours. Why?

Argument: Islam doesn’t base marriage on love. Quran never says “love” for marriage, but _Nikah_ (نكاح) appears 20+ times. _Nikah_ literally means s*x, not “marriage.”

Claim: Islamic marriage = legal/s*xual contract, not love. Muhammad’s marriages, including to Aisha at 6, cited as political/s*xual, not love-based.