Crime and punishment

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Cards (40)

  • Crimes in Islam:
    -Hudud: crimes against God
    -Qisas: crimes against individuals or families
    -Ta'zir: crimes for which punishment is not stated in the Qur'an or Hadith
  • Ethical theories:
    -situation ethics: may accept torture if there is a loving outcome
    -utilitarianism: would always accept torture of a greater happiness for a greater number of people is produced
  • qisas --> asks for retribution but not disproportionate. Also allows criminals to make up for what they've done"
    "An eye for an eye" (Surah 5:45)
  • "As to the thief, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from God, for their crime" (Surah 5:41)
  • "The punishment of those who wage war against God... is execution, or crucifixion" (Surah 5) --> Hudud
  • "Paradise is for... those who curb their anger and forgive their fellow men." (Surah 3)
  • "Take not life, which God has made sacred, except by the way of justice" (Surah 6) --> related to "an eye for an eye"
  • Death Penalty:
    -"Take not life, which God hath made sacred, except by the war or justice and the law"
    -"The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Apostle... is execution" (Surah 5)
    -when Muhammed was the ruler of Medinah, he sentenced several people to death for murder
    Against: Shari'ah law says that a family of a murder victim may accept blood money