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Latest revision as of 14:02, November 13, 2012
In the Muslim "faith", a Houri is a supposedly beautiful maiden who awaits the advent of a pious Muslim in Paradise.[1] Christianity teaches that this hope is in vain; the aforementioned Muslim will be punished in Hell for all eternity.
References
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Houri originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood