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Human sexuality and relationships

   Many people look to their faith for guidance on sexual relationships.
   For Muslims, sex is seen as a gift from Allah, to be kept strictly
   within marriage between a man and a woman.
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   Relationships and lifestyle
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What it means to be human

   Religious ideas about humanity usually include the belief that God
   created all human beings. Many religious people see a human being as a
   combination of a body and a soul. All religions value human life and
   believe that it always deserves respect.

Sexuality

   Human beings are a combination of different characteristics. These
   include:
     * the physical, or bodily
     * the spiritual, or what goes beyond the body to give a deeper sense
       of existence
     * the emotional, which guides the way a person responds to
       situations, eg anger, hatred
     * the mental, which is how a person's mind works and responds
     * the sexual, which deals with sexual instincts, physical attraction
       and sexual interactions with others.

   All of these aspects are fundamental to someone's personality. Each
   person has a different type of combination, but everyone has some
   element of each aspect. Sexuality is as important to the individual as
   any other of these features and it never leaves the individual.

Heterosexuality

   'Hetero-' is a Greek prefix meaning 'different'.

   Heterosexual is the word to describe people who are sexually attracted
   to people of the opposite gender.

Homosexuality

   'Homo-' is a Greek prefix meaning 'same'.

   Homosexual is the word used to refer to people who are sexually
   attracted to people of the same gender. Men who are attracted to each
   other are often referred to as gay men and females who are attracted to
   each other as lesbians.
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