(2002-11-22) — The Nigerian newspaper This Day issued a correction of its previous statement that Mohammed, the founder of Islam, would have chosen a bride from among the Miss World contestants.
Here is the correction as it appeared in the newspaper:
“We regret our statement earlier this week that Mohammed would have chosen a bride from among the Miss World contestants. Upon further study of the life of the religious leader, we determined that he would have preferred to marry someone much younger than these women-since his favorite wife was Ayesha, who was six years old when he wed her.
“In addition, it is unlikely that Mohammed would have chosen just one bride from among the contestants, since he was married at least 11 times after his first wife died. The editors regret having printed such a poorly researched assertion.”