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  • Sexual relationships
    • Islam
      • sexuality is part of being human and isn't wrong or unhealthy
      • sex is for pleasure and not just for reproduction
        • natural human sexual instincts should be nurtured and not supressed
      • celibacy is wrong
        • Hadd crime - 100 lashes, stoned
      • adultery is harmful to society and against unity and peace of the ummah
        • seen as the worst kind of theft
      • "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. indeed it is ever an immorality and is as evil as a way
      • promiscuity is seen as wrong
    • Christianity
      • teaches that the only place for a sexual relationship is within marriage
        • outside of it is seen as a sin
        • Islam
          • sexuality is part of being human and isn't wrong or unhealthy
          • sex is for pleasure and not just for reproduction
            • natural human sexual instincts should be nurtured and not supressed
          • celibacy is wrong
            • Hadd crime - 100 lashes, stoned
          • adultery is harmful to society and against unity and peace of the ummah
            • seen as the worst kind of theft
          • "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. indeed it is ever an immorality and is as evil as a way
          • promiscuity is seen as wrong
        • cohabitation is not approved of
        • liberal members see this as outdated but this is the ideal
        • "Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste until God gives them the means."
      • "sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman"
        • sex is "unitive and procreative"
        • to bring married couples together as one and for having children
      • Song of Solomon in the Bible contains poems celebrating sexual desire and relationships
      • Sex is a relationship blessed by God and given to humans as a gift to strengthen the bond of marriage
        • when a man and woman connect to each other in a sexual way, it is the most intimate physical expression of their total union.
      • marriage is sexually inclusive and should not be shared with anyone else
        • "you shall not commit adultery"
        • God wants people to exercise sexual fidelity within marriage and chastity before marriage.

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