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muel 16/21-22, Absalom asking Ahithophel for advice, and the latter advise
d him to sleep with his father's concubines whom he left to take care of t
he palace and so a tent was pitched for Absalom on the roof, and he slept
with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel; and Song of Solom
on 1/1-3 about passionate kissing and about love that is more delightful t
han wine. See also Deuteronomy 22/28; Judges 19/25; Judges 21/21; Genesis
19/30-36; Genesis 35/21-22; 2 Samuel 1/26; 1 Samuel 16/12; Matthew 5/27-28
; Romans 1/24-27; Ezekiel 23/19). These are but very few examples. It is w
orth mentioning here that adultery in general and incest in particular are
just two of the evil acts which the Bible falsely states that some of God'
s prophets committed. Of course, as Muslims, we wholly reject the idea tha
t any of God's prophets had ever been involved in such despicable acts. Su
ch texts—as a result of human interpolations—have corrupted many of those
who have read them despite the fact that there are other Biblical texts wh
ich prohibit and strictly warn against homosexuality, adultery and immoral
acts in general.<a href="#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title="">[14]</a>

I have asked some Christians in countries or communities where the Bible is generally

accepted as the Word of God the following question, "Why are the rates of murder, rape,

theft, alcoholism, prostitution, homosexuality, incest and all forms of corruption in general

extremely high compared to countries where the Qur'an is considered the Holy Book?"

Many of them have been shocked by this question since they have never thought about

making such comparisons.

For example, in a dialogue that I had with a US citizen, I cited a case where the death

penalty was imposed in Saudi Arabia on seven criminals who, while under the influence

of alcohol, raped a woman. I told him that as a consequence of the application of the full

weight of the law, hundreds of thousands of other women had been saved from other

potential criminals. He disagreed and felt that the law was too severe and that it could

not be implemented in his country. Based on official statistics, I told him that in his

country in the last eight months more than half a million women were raped; an average

of two thousand women raped every day! He was shocked and admitted to the

effectiveness of the application of the Islamic Law. If I could talk to him again, I would
tell him that in Islam, even if an imam were to rape a child, as the priests have done in

the church, he would be executed without delay, in order to save the rest of the children.

How happy I am to have embraced Islam, and I am proud to be a Muslim.

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[1]John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, New York, 1950, Vol. I, p. 626.

[2]Since some Christians attack Islam and accuse it of having been spread by the "sword",

it is worth mentioning that the word "sword" is actually mentioned 406 times in the Bible