The JW org. used to claim (and probably still does) that masturbation would turn you into a homosexual. They, of course, failed to explain the process by which that happened and since masturbation is likely a near universal practice, the claim fails the test of logic, as homosexuality is not the majority form of sexuality.
But over in the Islamic world, an equally illogical claim is made.
Mücahid Cihad Han, a Turkish televangelist
was answering viewers' questions on 2000 TV on 24 May when one asked him about masturbation.
The viewer said he 'kept masturbating, although he was married, and even during the Umrah', the piligrimage to Mecca performed by Muslims.
In the bizarre response, Han insisted Islam strictly bans masturbation.
'One hadith states that those who have sexual intercourse with their hands will find their hands pregnant in the afterlife, complaining against them to God over its rights,' he said, referring to what he claimed to be a saying of Prophet Muhammad.
'If our viewer was single, I could recommend he marry, but what can I say now?' the televangelist added, advising the viewer to 'resist Satan’s temptations'.
The claim has been widely criticized on Turkish and other media. He has also received criticism in the past for calling homosexuality 'evil' and 'the worst of all sins'.
Many have commented how only a very limited number of Islamic interpretations forbid masturbation, with many just consdering it something to be frowned upon. Many mainstream Islamic interpretations even allow it, such as using it to avoiding cheating on your spouse.
'Are there any hand-gynaecologists in the afterlife? Is abortion allowed there?' one Twitter user asked.