section_path: Religious sexual morality/Islam
section_name: Islam
paragraph_text: Islam
  
  In Islam, desire for sex is considered to be a natural urge that should not be suppressed, although the concept of free sex is not accepted; these urges should be fulfilled responsibly. Marriage is considered to be a good deed; it does not hinder spiritual wayfaring. The term used for marriage within the Quran is nikah. Although Islamic sexuality is restrained via Islamic sexual jurisprudence, it emphasizes sexual pleasure within marriage. It is acceptable for a man to have more than one wife, but he must take care of those wives physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, and spiritually. Muslims believe that sexual intercourse is an act of worship that fulfils emotional and physical needs, and that producing children is one way in which humans can contribute to God's creation, and Islam discourages celibacy once an individual is married.
  
  However, homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam, and some Muslim lawyers have suggested that gay people should be put to death.
  
  Some have argued that Islam has an open and playful approach to sex so long as it is within marriage, free of lewdness, fornication and adultery.