On the one hand, and then on the other- community standards in the 7th Century were not what they are now. As the court pointed out, there's a difference between child marriage and pedophilia. It was traditional to give away children in arranged marriages well into the Rennaissance, and the age of consent was much lower even in the early 20th century, even in enlightened America. ("Jerry Lee Lewis." )

Under our standards today, yes, he would be a pedophile. By the standards of the 7th Century Arabian Peninsula, he was doing what all the royalty did- and what all the royalty of Europe did- and Native Americans- and Africans- and Australians- and Indians (I mean the subcontinent, of course)....

It does seem that, by ignoring the historical context, and judging by modern standards, she just wanted to make Muhammad look worse. Not that I agree with the standards of the 7th Century either, but will we want people judging us in 500 years? What will they think of us?