Sex in Islam

Sex is a very important subject in Islam. The Quran allows Muslim men to have sexual intercourse with Muslim women in marriage (nikāḥ) and "what the right hand owns" (i.e. concubines).Abd al-Ati, Hammudah. The family structure in Islam. Baltimore, MD: American Trust Publications, 1977. This historically permitted Muslim men to have extramarital sex with concubines and sex slaves. Contraceptive use is permitted for birth control. Islamic marital jurisprudence allows Muslim men to be married to multiple women (a practice known as polygyny). https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1134&context=wmjowl  https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/12/07/polygamy-is-rare-around-the-world-and-mostly-confined-to-a-few-regions/ Acts of homosexual intercourse are prohibited.

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