Religious studies

• Islam teaches that crime is a ...


  Islam teaches that crime is a distraction from Allah

  
  

  - Islam teaches that allah created all humans equally and they deserve to be treated fairly - the ummah
• Reasons people commit crime

  - poverty

  - mental illness

  - addiction

  - greed

  - upbringing

  - unjust laws
• Muslim views towards poverty


  Zakah exists to ensure noone lives in poverty
• Muslim views towards addiction

  Illegal drugs and alcohol are haram so addiction is not an excuse
• Muslim views towards unjust laws


  - Muslims should stand up or unjust or as Allah is just, but should do so peacefully - Salam (main message)

  
  

  - Shariah law is believed to be God's law so it can't be unjust
• Christian views towards greed

  The ten commandment forbids envy that often causes greed
• Christian views towards poverty+ quote

  Society should ensure no one had to steal ("Thou shall not steal)

  
  

  - Christian's support foodbanks e.g. the Trussell Trust

  
  

  - "for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat"
• Christian views toward upbringing

  Parents should travel their children how to behave 'Honour your father and mother,
• Christian's views towards mental illness

  Golden rule
• Christian view towards addiction

  Christians permit alcohol but not to excess
• Christian attitudes to lawbreakers

  - should be punished according to seriousness of the crime

  
  

  - should be treated humanly (punishment should be focused on reformation)
• Quote: Christian attitudes to lawbreakers

  'I was in prison and you came to visit me
• Types of crime

  - hate crime

  - theft

  - murder
• Murder quotes

  - " Thou shall not kill"

  - Golden rule

  - sanctity of life

  - "Do not kill each other for Allah is merciful to you"
• Hate crime beliefs and quotes

  - "Live at peace with everyone"

  - Imago dei

  - The Ummah
• Theft quotes

  " thou shall not steal"
• what did Christians believe about the government

  they believed God put the system of government in place to rule every citizen
• Christian government quote

  "for there is no authority except that which God has established"
• retribution - islam points

  - fair retribution

  
  

  - retribution is favoured because actions against Shari'ah law are actions against God
• retribution - christianity quotes

  - "do not repay anyone evi for evil"

  
  

  - Old testament - "eye for eye"
• deterrence - Chrsitian view + quote

  ' do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good'

  
  

  - spread God's word because it encourages peace and kindness - so people wont commit crimes
• deterrence - Islam views + quote

  
  

  " ____ off the ____ of ______ ...- a _____ from God"


  - some Shari'ah punishments are carried out in public to deter people watching from commiting similar crimes

  
  

  "cut off the hands of thieves - a deterrent from God"
• reformation

  offenders given treatment like counselling or community service so they can return to the community as a responsible law-abiding citizen
• reformation does not replace ...

  does not replace punishment but happens alongside punishment for the worst offenders.
• reformation - christian belief


  Jesus forgave the woman who commited adultery and told her to "turn way from you life of sin
• reformation - islam


  - it is necessary for offenders to seek forgiveness from God and become purified

  
  

  - this becomes more likely if the offender is reform
• in islam what may be used to assist reform

  education and financial advice
• mmnemonics

  B - enevolent

  O - mnipotent

  T - ranscendent

  J - ust

  I - mmanent

  M - erciful
• The qur'an teaches that Allah has ____names

  99

  
  

  - "The most excellent names belong to God: use them to call on him"
• Immanent


  Allah is close to every human and within all things on Earth.
• Immanent - "We are _____ to him than our _______ ____"


  "We are closer to him than our jugular vein"
• Immanent - "He is ____ you ____ you are"


  "He is with you wherever you are"
• transcendent


  God is outside of our perception or grasp
• transcendent - "no _____ can ____ him...He is ____ all _________


  "No vision can grasp him...He is above all comprehension"
• transcendent - "There is _____ like ____"

  "There is nothing like him,"
• omipotent


  all-powerful
• Omnipotent - "He who is the All-________, the All- ________, able to do ______"

  "He who is the All-knowing, the All powerful, able to do anything"
• What are the two of the 99 names that show that Allah has complete power?

  'the Absolute' and 'the powerful
• beneficent


  all-loving and all-good
• Beneficient - "Allah's love is _____ times _____ than a _____ love"


  "Allah's love is 70 times greater than a mother's love," - Hadith