Extramarital Sexual Intercourse (Fornication & Adultery & Homosexuality)
Adultery, Fornication & Homosexuality is strictly, and repeatedly forbidden in the Qur'an and Hadith. The lack of an English word to encompass all three acts other than the phrase 'extramarital sexual intercourse' leads to much literature (including articles in Wikipedia) using the word adultery to erroneously conveying the word zina used in Arabic which covers all three acts.
"And do not go anywhere near zina (extramarital sexual intercourse): it is an outrage, and an evil path." (Qur'an 17:32)
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