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Capital Punishment In Islam
Capital punishment in Islam is traditionally regulated by the Sharia, Islamic law (''sharīʿa''), which derived from the Quran, Hadith, ''ḥadīth'' literature, and ''sunnah'' (accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his lifetime).Samuel M. Zwemer, The law of Apostasy, The Muslim World. Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 373–391 Crimes according to the ''sharīʿa'' law which could result in capital punishment include Apostasy in Islam, apostasy from Islam, murder, rape, adultery, LGBT in Islam, homosexuality, etc. Death penalty is in use in many Muslim-majority countries, where it is utilised as ''sharīʿa''-prescribed punishment for crimes such as apostasy from Islam, adultery, witchcraft, homosexuality, murder, rape, and publishing pornography. Capital crimes and sentencing Both the hadiths and the Quran mention specific crimes for which capital punishment is a valid punishment. In the four primary schools of Sunni fiqh (Islami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Execution Of A Moroccan Jewess By Alfred Dehodencq
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the State (polity), state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is ''condemned'' and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as ''capital crimes'', ''capital offences'', or ''capital felonies'', and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious Offence against the person, crimes against the person, such as murder, mass murder, Aggravation (law), aggravated cases of rape (often including child s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
