[RockDoc]

"it is the martyr's afterlife that captures the imagination"

Heard on Fox News that the promise of 72 "virgins" is a misinterpretation and what the reward is really 72 grapes.

[McGavin999]

72 "virgins" is a misinterpretation and what the reward is really 72 grapes.

Actually, there was an article posted here on FR about a year ago that the literal translation of the words were "white raisins". During the time the Koran was written, white raisins were a delicacy reserved for royalty.