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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
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