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Things on which the Bible and Quran agree

by Steve Wells
Posted: May 5, 2009.

Print: Dwindling in Unbelief (blog)

A woman is worth half as much as a man.
Bible Leviticus 27:3-7
Quran 4:11, 4:178, 2:282


Stay away from menstruating women.
Bible Ezekiel 18:5, Leviticus 15:19-30, 18:19, 20:18
Quran 2:222


Women must cover their heads and dress modestly.
Bible 1 Corinthians 11:3-10, Deuteronomy 22:5
Quran 24:31, 33:59


Insects have four legs.
Bible Leviticus 11:22-23
Quran 24:45


God and Satan force non-believers to disbelieve.
Bible 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12, John 12:40, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
Quran 2:6-7, 6:25, 15:39-43, 7:16-18, 17:97-98, 18:57


Disbelievers should be killed.
Bible Deuteronomy 13:6-15
Quran 2:191, 4:89, 4:91, 9:5


Disbelievers will burn forever in hell.
Bible John 3:18, 36, Mark 9:43-8, Matthew 25:41, Luke 16:22-24, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, Revelation 14:10-11, 20:10
Quran 9:73, 66:9


Don’t make friends with disbelievers.
Bible 2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Quran 3:28, 4:89, 4:144, 5:51, 60:1, 13


Lot was a just and righteous man.
Bible 2 Peter 2:7-8
Quran 7:80-3, 21:71-5, 27:54-7, 29:26-7, 66:10


God is the creator of evil.
Bible Isaiah 45:7, Amos 3:6
Quran 113:1-2