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What 72 virgins? Lesley Hazleton on reading the Koran

January 21st · 1 Comment · Quran

“There are no 72 virgins in the Quran. That idea only came into being 300 years later, and most Islamic scholars see it as the equivalent of people with wings sitting on clouds and strumming harps.” — Lesley Hazelton Much appreciation to my friend and teacher Tom O’Brien (whose New Testament Bible Study Course just […]

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