In theory, which religion has better human rights?

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Islam, or Judaism? I think it's islam, for the following reasons:

Judaism: absolute hereditary monarchy
earliest Muslims: chose their caliphs democratically
judaism: woman's testimony not valid
islam: woman's testimony half of a man's
judaism: 3 year old girls can get married
islam: 9 year old girls can get married
judaism: girl's consent needed for marriage islam: girl's consent needed judaism: girl does not get inheritance if she has brothers... Islam: girl gets half the inheritance, but does not have to share it, whereas a man has to, with his family
judaism: kill all inhabitants of a city that has turned to idolatry, and burn it to the ground.... islam: the worst they did was smash the idols in the Kaaba... muhammad even made a pact with th pagans in madina
judaism: woman to marry her rapist islam: rapist to be killed judaism: kill homosexuals islam: kill homosexuals
judaism: kill adulterers islam: kill adulterers judaism: kill apostates islam: kill apostates judaism: woman can not go to university and work islam: women can (at least in the early days of Islam, jewish women even took advantage of this under Muslim rule). judaism: slavery islam: slavery meant to be slowly abolished judaism: exterminate the canaanites islam: ethnically cleanse the canaanites EDIT: judaism: a woman can not divorce her husband islam: a woman can

You have posted a lot of claims there. How about reference for each and every claim?

The bar is so low it is not worth considering.

eric76 he is probably talking about being betrothed in which case there is no age restriction in either religion.

You may be right.

However here is a case of forced marriage of girls as young as four years old and it was in Pakistan.

From http://tribune.com.pk/story/449221/vani-verdict/:

im referring to what was practiced in the earliest days of islam and judaism.... in the earliest days of islam, a girlhad to have hit menstruation for her to get married... in judaism, moses's followers married 3 year old girls...

Yes, I expect you to believe that... none of us are historians or scholars of Islam, so it is not for us to judge.

it is a sign of arrogance if you think you know better than historians in history, a subject you have no University level education in.... historians agree that the marriage was arranged when aisha was 6, but aishas father asked for her consent when she was 9, and when she was 9 she was menstruating.....

and what makes you the expert on A'isha's menstruation? someone who has no formal education in Islam, someone who is not a historian, someone who is not a doctor who has studied medical conditions of past populations.... again, you are being arrogant..... aisha had started menstruation when abu bakr (RA) asked her if she wanted to marry Muhammad

I am asking the mods to lock this thread since it is turning into a battle over history by two people who are clearly not experts and are not qualified to speak on this matter... it could get very, very stupid...

and eric, before the mods lock this thread, i want to say you have misunderstood... i said which religion I THEORY has better human rights, meaning what their scriptures say... not what is currently being practiced...

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