[JAWs]

Kidding aside, I've heard one scholar say it's a misinterpetation. The root is HUR and has been translated as houri. But it can also mean white rasins. Seriously.

[Ukiapah Heep]

The Arabic language must be truly amazing. It is the only one which cannot be translated clearly into English. It seems there's a lot of confusion about many religious terms in Arabic, such as whether Islam means peace, or "slaughter all the infidels".

Oddly enough, Hebrew, Greek and Latin don't seem to have this problem.

[piasa]

Nothing like blowing yourself up for 72 raisins.

Wouldn't it be more cunning and infinitely safer to try to buy a big box of Sunmaid seedless white California raisins for $2.99?

[American in Israel]

I've heard one scholar say it's a misinterpetation... But it can also mean white rasins. Seriously. They want to die to have sex with dried fruit? Seriously? -grin- It goes to show you that Islamic "scholars" will say anything to cover their butts.