I don't think Cenk wanted to say that Muhammad was a bad man. A recurring theme of his, however, is that religions can make people do terrible things.

So it may have been perfectly normal in Muhammad's times to get married to young children, and he didn't mean any harm by it. Or it might not even be true. The problem is that today people are taught to believe in the literal texts of books like the Bible or the Qur'an, and they live in our times, after centuries of enlightenment. As progressives we think that all human beings should have the same rights and opportunities, and we are emotionally connected to these beliefs. It strikes us as injustice and stupidity when religious people use the text that is dozens of centuries old as  a law book for their family.

Many of us think that, if you are a religious person and believe that Mohammed was indeed the prophet of Allah, it shuold still be possible for you to realize that not every word that was written in the Qur'an must be followed today. We ask of you to consult your inner sense of justice, and even apply some rationality on the background of your true beliefs. If you believe in a God that's good and loves all human beings, whatever gender or religion they are, look at the holy book of your religion from this perspective. Do not go in the opposite direction because of words that willl mislead you in our times.

What Cenk wanted to say, I think, is that it is absolutely wrong to abuse children today, even if you assume that a good man like Muhammad used to do it. If you don't acknowledge this, you won't get along with Cenk and probably the majority of progressives.