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72 Whores

The Koran or Qur’an condemns suicide. Paradise or 72 virgins is forbidden the suicide. The legend comes from a single passage in a Hadith. “The smallest reward for the people of Paradise is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives.” Wives not virgins, because sex with a virgin is always a trial, […]

Paradise Now

In 1990 I took a midnight barge from Surathani to Koh Samui. The rising moon reflected a shining path to the warm horizon and dolphins sang a swimming song in our wake. At dawn the ferry docked on the palm-covered island. I rented a motorcycle and rode through coastal coconut plantations to a coral beach […]