crime & punishment

• what is the definition of justice?

  a law system created to make everyone equal and protect people from dangerous individuals
• what is al’adl?

  allah is fair/ just
• what is heaven in islam?

  jannah
• what is hell in islam?

  jahanaam
• what is zakat?

  charity- muslims give 2.5% of their yearly earnings to the poor
• what factors make a criminal? (there are 6)

  psychological, economic, social, self interest, political and genetic
• what are the 3 categories of crime?

  hudud, qisas, ta’zir
• what is hudud?

  crimes against allah (eg blasphemy), they have fixed punishments
• what is qisas?

  crimes against people, the victim’s family decides the punishment
• what is ta’zir?

  crimes not stated in the Qur’an/ Hadith. The muslim judge (Qadi) decides the punishment
• what is natural evil?

  actions that cause suffering caused by nature. eg. earthquakes
• what is moral evil?

  actions by people that cause suffering eg. murder
• what is fitrah?

  the ability to work out good from evil
• what is one reason that muslims believe we suffer?

  God is testing us
• what is shariah law?

  when the laws from the qur’an and hadith become the laws of a country
• what is utilitarianism?


  Ethical theory that whatever makes the majority of people happy is the right decision.
• what is retribution?

  punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act eg ‘an eye for an eye’
• what does Al Ghafoor mean?

  forgiveness
• what is retribution?


  punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act eg. an eye for an eye
• Give 3 Islam quotes

  -Allah the merciful

  -do not take life that Allah has made sacred

  -Only in these 3 instances may a life be taken (adultery, murder, apostasy)