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Old 11-22-2010, 08:06 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by 10fords View Post
What is the Islamic policy on birth control? Anyone know?
No prohibition on contraception that I'm aware of. Islamic theories of sexuality are way different than the Catholic one rooted in St. Augustine. You can find sites on the net where Imam's provide sexual advice to their followers in quite graphic terms about the legitimacy of oral and anal sex. It can probably be accounted for the by the fact that celibacy has never been an ideal for Muslim elites.
Of course, they're no fans of homosexuality but that's no surprise.

http://www.religiousconsultation.org/family_planning_in_Islam_by_Shaikh_p3.htm

That raises an interesting question in regard to the Pope's ideas. Is the AIDS rate different in Muslim Africa than in Catholic Africa?
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