Islam
See also: JahannamDiscussion of a problem of hell is not common in Islam. However, Edip Yüksel recognises the contradiction between Allah the merciful and eternal torture. He argues that evildoers will be punished in hell for an appropriate period then cease to exist, so their suffering (which is graphically described in the Quran and therefore must happen) will not be eternal, but only a just amount.
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“Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses. The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness. Understanding the cosmos and the movements of the stars means understanding the marvels created by Allah. There would be no persecuted Galileo in Islam, because Islam, unlike Christianity, did not force people to believe in a “fixed” heaven.”
—Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist. Islam and Democracy, ch. 9, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Trans. 1992)
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