Monday, March 9, 2015

1.8 Sharia Law

1.       Hadd Crimes-----Punishments

Unlawful Sexual Intercourse-----flogging
False Accusation of unlawful sexual intercourse-----stoning
Wine drinking-----amputation
Theft-----exile
Highway robbery-----execution
2.       Criminal laws are the most controversial because there is a significant debate over what the Quran sanctions and what practices were pulled from local customs.
3.       Vigilante justice still takes place with the honor killings and murders committed for bringing dishonor to one’s family and are a big problem because there is official reluctance to use the hadd punishments on these crimes.
4.       Most countries believed that democracy is the best form of government, but there is a heated debate on whether or not democracy and Islam can coexist. Some argue that a democracy has a basis in the Quran since “mutual consolation”, but others say that the best way to observe sharia is through a secular government.
5.       Sharia has been incorporated into political systems through the dual legal system, government under god, and completely secular. The Duel Legal System is a dual system government in which Muslims choose to bring familial and financial disputes to sharia courts. Government under God is for Muslims that believe sharia should be declared a source of the laws and Completely Secular is where the government is declared to be secular in the constitution.
6.       Democracy and sharia cannot coexist because sharia law is to impose religious rules upon an entire society by unelected clerics.
7.       Islamic banking is a worldwide industry that practices the rules of sharia. The industry’s assets stood at more than a trillion dollars by 2013. For those ethically minded, businesses are required to avoid transactions with “forbidden” things.

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