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Horror struck this weekend as Islamic gunmen opened fire on Jewish residents at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia – killing at least 15 and injuring dozens more. WHAT RELIGION REWARDS THE MURDERERS OF JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND ATHEISTS WITH 72 VIRGINS? THE QURAN even describes their physical attributes—large eyes (Q 56:22) and big, firm, round "swelling breasts" that are not inclined to sagging (Q 78:33). The Qur'an refers to these virgins as houri, companions of equal age, but the highly-flavored emphasis of their bodily characteristics, including their virginity, gave rise to many hadiths and other Islamic writings. Hadith 2687 is where the number 72 is mentioned. "The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and 72 houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a." http://www.aviperry.org/political-blogs/where-did-the-notion-of-72-virgins-in-islamic-paradise-come-from