Fornication, or simple fornication, is a term which refers to consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other^[1]. Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract In contrast adultery is consensual sex where one or both of the partners are married to someone else. Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is

The origin of the word derives from Latin. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time The word fornix means "an archway" or "vault" (in Rome, prostitutes could be solicited there). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. More directly, fornicatio means "done in the archway"; thus a euphemism for prostitution. A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener or in the case of doublespeak

Fornication is dealt with differently in various religions, societies and cultures.

Contents 1 Religions 2 Laws 2.1 Jurisdictions within the United States of America 2.2 Fornication in Islam 2.3 Islamic Countries 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

Religions

For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Sexual morality varies greatly over time and between cultures

Laws

The laws on fornication have historically been tied with religion and the legal and political traditions within the particular jurisdiction. In the common law countries (England, USA, Canada, Australia, etc. Common law refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive ), the Courts were never interested in punishing subjects for purely private moral deviations - even incest - although sodomy was an exception. What laws did exist were purely statutory. In many other countries, however, there have been attempts to secularize constitutions, and laws differ greatly from country to country. Most Western countries and some secular Muslim countries like Turkey and Azerbaijan have no laws against fornication if both parties are above the age of consent. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South

Jurisdictions within the United States of America

Premarital sexual relations were viewed as a matter of private morality, and, as such, were never viewed as criminal offenses against the common law. ^[2] This legal position was inherited by the United States from England. Later, some jurisdictions, a total of 16 in the Southern and Eastern United States, as well as the State of Wisconsin,^[3] passed statutes creating the offense of "fornication" that prohibited (vaginal) sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons of the opposite sex. The vagina (from Latin, literally " Sheath " or " Scabbard " is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the Uterus Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract Most of these laws either were repealed, were not enforced, or were struck down by the courts in several States as being odious to their state Constitutions. See also State v. Saunders, 381 A.2d 333 (N. Case law' (also known as decisional law or judicial precedent) is that body of reported Judicial opinions in countries that have Common law J. 1977), Martin v. Ziherl, 607 S.E.2d 367 (Va. Martin v Ziherl, 607 SE2d 367 (Va 2005 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of Virginia, which ruled that the Virginia criminal law Case law' (also known as decisional law or judicial precedent) is that body of reported Judicial opinions in countries that have Common law 2005).

With respect to sexual relations between persons of the same sex, such acts may be prohibited under criminal laws defining the offense of "sodomy," rather than the laws defining the offense of "fornication. Sodomy (ˈsɒdəmi is a term used today predominantly in Law (derived from traditional Christian usage to describe the act of Anal intercourse, Oral intercourse " The U. S. Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) rendered the states' remaining laws related to "sodomy" unconstitutional. Lawrence v Texas, 539 US 558 ( 2003) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas is also presumed by many to invalidate laws prohibiting fornication, as the decision declared sodomy laws unconstitutional due to the interference of such laws with private, consensual, non-commercial intimate relations between unrelated adults, and therefore are odious to the rights of liberty and privacy, such rights being retained by the people of the United States. However, because Lawrence only explicitly declared sodomy laws unconstitutional, some states continue to enforce laws prohibiting fornication. ^[4] In Utah, "fornication" is a class B misdemeanor. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. A misdemeanor, or misdemeanour, in many common law legal systems is a "lesser" criminal act ^[5]

In recent years, the morality of premarital sex has become a politically divisive issue in the United States, and discouraging premarital sex is the basis for the types of "abstinence-only" sex education programs supported by President George W. Bush and many conservative members of the United States Congress. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Abstinence-only sex education is a form of Sex education that emphasizes Abstinence from sex to the exclusion of all other types of Sexual and reproductive George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The policy is opposed by groups such as Planned Parenthood, many moderate and liberal members of Congress, scientists who believe the programs to be ineffective, and citizens who believe that liberty and privacy, especially in the most intimate spaces of life, are rights retained by the people, under the Constitution of the United States. Planned Parenthood is the collective name of organizations worldwide who are members of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. The debate over abstinence-only sex education has brought the issue of premarital sex to the forefront of what conservative politicians call the "Culture Wars. The culture war (or culture wars) in American usage is a metaphor used to claim that political conflict is based on sets of conflicting values "

Fornication in Islam

Islam teaches that the greatest thing that destroys the guard of chastity is fornication, so it is one of the biggest sins and greatest transgressions. Ibn Al-Qayyim said,

"In His book, Allah specifically labelled the association of partners with Him, fornication and homosexuality with impurity and filth. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. No sin is worse for the heart and religion than those two great sins, fornication and homosexuality, and for them is a characteristic in distancing the heart from Allah. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' If the heart acknowledged them, it is distanced from Allah. "

Islam teaches that Allah has warned muslims against fornication and described its awful description and its result of utter destruction. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion There are many sayings in the Quran, ascribed to Allah, about fornication, some of which are the following:

"And those who invoke not any other God along with Allah, nor kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the punishment. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide there in disgrace. Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous deeds. " (Quran: Al-Furqan 25:68)

"And come not near to the unlawful sexual intercourse. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Verily, it is a transgression of Allah’s limits, and an evil way. " (Quran: Al-Israa 17:32)

"The adulterer marries not but an adulteress or a Mushrikah (polytheist woman) and the adulteress none marries her except an adulterer or a Mushrik (polytheist man). The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals Such a thing is forbidden to the believers. " (Quran: An-Noor 24:3)

The Prophet Muhammad also preached about fornication. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Some of the most well known ones are,

"My nation will remain well as long as there is not a prevalence of children born out of wedlock, and if there is such a prevalence they will be on the point of receiving Allah’s punishment. "

"If there is a prevalence of fornication and usury in a nation, they have legitimised for themselves the punishment (of Allah). Usury (ˈjuːʒəri comes from the Medieval Latin usuria, "interest" or "excessive interest" from the Latin usura "interest" "

The Prophet Muhammad once talked about when he was taken by the Angel Jibrail to see the hellfire and its inhabitants. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics He narrated to his companions,

". . . and so we set out and came to something like a kiln narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, there came from it sounds and voices. He said, 'We looked inside, and there were naked men and women and there would rise up fire from beneath them and when it reached them, they screamed. ' I said, 'Who are these people, O Jibrail?' He said, 'These are the fornicators. '"

Islamic Countries

Fornication is a crime in some Muslim countries, and is often harshly punished. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion However, there are some exceptions. In Pakistan, for example, occasionally a charge is filed in order to prevent the accused from leaving the jurisdiction (for instance it is often used against drug smugglers, against whom it may not be possible to show a prima facie case for trial, but a charge of fornication, which requires a lower threshold, can be filed in the interim as the investigation unfolds. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning "on its first appearance" or "by first instance" ) In certain countries where all Islamic laws are enforced, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, fornication is punishable by lashings. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi This is in contrast to adultery, in which one (or both) of the parties is married, where the punishment would be death by stoning.

Historically speaking, corporal punishment is used for sexual crimes in the Abrahamic faiths. Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended to Punish a person or change his/her behavior Fornication toward someone else's woman (not a wife or a couple) is treated as a violation of property right, the equivalent of rape or stealing. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given

See also

• Free love
• Illegitimacy
• Zina
• Fornication Under Control of the King

External links

• Social Determinants of Attitudes Towards Women's Premarital Sexuality Among Female Turkish University Students
• Sexuality, the Modern World, and the Catholic Church
• Sex, Children, Nature
• Shtup in the Name of Love, The Indypendent

References

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