islam

• against:

  • "never take life, which God has made sacred"
  • forgiveness is taught by Allah
  • "forgive and Allah will forgive you"
  • punishment is needed, but there are better ways to punish criminals
• for:

  • criminals will be punished by God on Judgement Day, so should also be on Earth
  • "never take a life except for just cause" - lesser jihad
  • Shariah law is the rules of some countries which includes the use of executions