Editing Anal sex (section)

===Religion===
[[File:Sodoma - Elluin.jpg|thumb|upright|[[François-Rolland Elluin]], ''Sodomites provoking divine wrath'', from ''Le pot-pourri'' (1781)]]
{{Further|Sodomy}}
{{See also|Buddhism and sexual orientation|LGBT topics and Hinduism}}

====Judaism====
The ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'', a text considered authoritative by [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] sects,<ref>Isidore Twersky, ''Introduction to the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah)'', Yale Judaica Series, vol. XII (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1980). passim, and especially Chapter VII, "Epilogue", pp. 515–538.</ref> states "since a man's wife is permitted to him, he may act with her in any manner whatsoever. He may have intercourse with her whenever he so desires and kiss any organ of her body he wishes, and he may have intercourse with her naturally or unnaturally [traditionally, ''unnaturally'' refers to anal and oral sex], provided that he does not expend semen to no purpose. Nevertheless, it is an attribute of piety that a man should not act in this matter with levity and that he should sanctify himself at the time of intercourse."<ref>{{cite book |title=Mishneh Torah |first=Moshe |last=Maimonides |page=Laws Concerning Forbidden Relations 21:9}}</ref>

====Christianity====
{{See also|Sodomy#Christianity}}
Christian texts may sometimes [[Euphemism|euphemistically]] refer to anal sex as the {{lang|la|peccatum contra naturam}} ('the sin against nature', after [[Thomas Aquinas]]) or {{lang|la|Sodomitica luxuria}} ('sodomitical lusts', in one of [[Charlemagne]]'s ordinances), or {{lang|la|peccatum illud horribile, inter christianos non nominandum}} ('that horrible sin that among Christians is not to be named').<ref name="Classen">{{cite book|title=Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times: New Approaches to a Fundamental Cultural-historical and Literary-anthropological Theme|author=Albrecht Classen|publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]]|year=2010|page=13|isbn=978-3110205749|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dX0LAQAAMAAJ|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000312/https://books.google.com/books?id=dX0LAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fone">{{cite book|title=Homophobia: A History|author=Byrne Fone|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|year=2001|page=133|isbn=1466817070|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xB-z1WUCKOEC&pg=PA133|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326174742/http://books.google.com/books?id=xB-z1WUCKOEC&pg=PA133|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Crompton">{{cite book|author=Louis Crompton|title=Homosexuality and Civilization|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2009|page=529|isbn=978-0674030060|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfBYd9xVaXcC&pg=PA529|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326171737/http://books.google.com/books?id=TfBYd9xVaXcC&pg=PA529|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Islam====
{{Main|Islamic views on anal sex}}

[[File:An ottoman miniature from the book Sawaqub al-Manaquib depicting Homosexuality.jpg|thumb|[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] illustration depicting two young men having sex (from ''Sawaqub al-Manaquib'')]]

{{Transliteration|ar|Liwat}}, or the sin of [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]]'s people, which has come to be interpreted as referring generally to same-sex sexual activity, is commonly officially prohibited by Islamic sects; there are parts of the [[Quran]] which talk about smiting on [[Sodom and Gomorrah]], and this is thought to be a reference to "unnatural" sex, and so there are [[hadith]] and Islamic laws which prohibit it.<ref name="Leach">{{cite book|author=Mark M Leach|title=Cultural Diversity and Suicide: Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2014|page=121|isbn=978-1317786597|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqLrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326182308/http://books.google.com/books?id=NqLrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|url-status=live}}</ref> Same-sex male practitioners of anal sex are called ''luti'' or ''lutiyin'' in plural and are seen as criminals in the same way that a thief is a criminal.<ref name="Bambale">{{cite book|author=Yahaya Yunusa Bambale|title=Crimes and Punishments Under Islamic Law|publisher=Malthouse Press Limited|orig-date=2003|year=2008|page=40|isbn=978-9780231590|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVGPAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310000311/https://books.google.com/books?id=PVGPAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Conner">{{cite book|author=Randy P. Conner|author2=David Hatfield Sparks|author3=Mariya Sparks|title=Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore|publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]|orig-date=1997|year=2006|pages=20; 216|isbn=0304337609|access-date=September 15, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGoYAAAAIAAJ|quote=Indeed, homoeroticism in general and anal intercourse in particular are referred to as liwat, while those (primarily men) engaging in these behaviors are referred to as qaum Lut or Luti, 'the people of Lot.'|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926183704/https://books.google.com/books?id=yGoYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>