The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam.

Peter Paul Rubens, Lot and his family escaping from the doomed city guided by an angel, circa 1615. (Image: Curve)

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…