I believe you, but I suggest you provide proof.
I took a class where we talked about this at length before 9/11. I had just seen a show on honor killings and quizzed the professor about it. This man was a patriot--not your run-of-the-mill anti-patriotic college professor. He had lived in the Middle East idoing intelligence work and he explained the concept of honor, family and why they were so critical and how honor killings fit into it. Mohammed actually treated his wives with respect in comparison to the other men of his day and was criticized for it. His first wife was his boss and much his elder--but she was the business person of the family. It's believed she may have died of famine because of war between tribes. He actually wanted to prevent that kind of thing. No, I'm not doing an apology here for Mohammed--I think he has proven to be one of the worst influences on mankind in history. But RonF is correct in what he is saying here.