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[quote]Excuse me dear Raushan you indulged in a lot of uncalled for hanky panky just to avoid answer to the points raised by me.

My point was that human relations, especially, the sexual ones, are the function of a given culture and are not determined unilaterally by the religious edicts, unless of course a religion becomes successful in changing the very culture without, in any way, passing any judgment on the legality or legitimacy of the existing sex-relationships and/or their consequences and offshoots.

My view is that Islam did not make much dent in the Arab culture which allowed both marital and extra-marital sex relationships. You quoted Quran:

"“We gave her to thee as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for the believers about the wives of their adopted sons.”

It goes to prove that Allah wanted to remove difficulties by relaxing the cultural taboos on sex relationships rather than putting any new limitations on it. I wonder how you interpreted this Ayah as putting ban on adoption, a very useful cultural institution indeed to give parentage to the children forsaken or lost by their real parents.[/quote]

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