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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

Muslim Men Can Marry Women of the Book;

Muslims Can Eat the Food of the People of the

Book and They Can Eat the Food of Muslims

Muslims can marry members of the People of the Book,
and they and Muslims can eat food prepared by the others:

Today all good things have been made

halal [lawful] for you. And the food of those

given the Book [Jews and Christians] is also
halal for you and your food is halal for them.

So are chaste women from among the believers

and chaste women of those given the Book
before you [Jews and Christians], once you

have given them their dowries in marriage, not

in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as
for anyone who rejects faith, his actions will

come to nothing and in the hereafter he will be
among the losers. (Qur'an, 5:5)

This verse describes the value that Muslims place on the People
of the Book with various pieces of important detail. According to this

verse, a Muslim man is allowed to marry a woman of the People of
the Book. This is a significant permission, because as commanded in
the verse, "Corrupt women are for corrupt men and corrupt men are
for corrupt women, good women are for good men and good men

are for good women…" (Qur'an, 24:26), Muslims have a responsibili-

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