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  Peter Paul Rubens, Lot and his family escaping from the doomed city guided by an angel, circa 1615. Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam Christopher van der Krogt ,  Massey University Published: June 17, 2016 6.07am AEST Neither the Bible nor the Qur’an (Koran) has a lot to say about homosexuality, and what they do say relates only indirectly to contemporary discussions about gay rights and same-sex marriage. Like pre-modern scholars of law and ethics, these books assume heteronormativity. As a concept, homosexuality is relatively recent, even if there is plenty of evidence for homoerotic pleasure in the past – albeit illicit in religious terms. Scriptures and later writers usually referred only to particular sexual acts and did not raise the issue of personal sexual orientation. For religious conservatives, though, both Muslim and Christian, the occasional derogatory reference to same-sex acts is enough to prove their inherent sinfulness in all cir...