Capital Punishment: Shari'ah vs. Secular Law

"Rahmah In the Shari'ah" by Mokhtar Maghraoui

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In this session, the shari'ah is discussed within the context of the two dominant attributes of Allah: His grace and His mercy. Are love, compassion and mercy foundational aspects of the shari'ah? At the Islamic Circle of North America annual convention in Atlanta, Mokhtar Maghraoui reminds the audience that Allah has made rahmah mandatory upon Himself. How then is this rahmah manifested in the Islamic law? And how is the concept of rahmah reconciled with the laws of punishment for murder, theft and adultery? At a time when extremism and intolerance are perceived to be the normative Muslim view, and when many Muslims themselves are ignorant of the true Islamic teachings, a serious and objective look is needed at the concept of rahmah in Islam. Discover exactly how Allah intends ease and facilitation, not complication and difficulty with His system of law and how Islam is, indeed, a mercy to all the worlds. (Duration: 1 hour, 4 min) Mokhtar Maghraoui received his Islamic education in Algeria before coming to the U.S. and received his PhD in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. He has served as an imam in the state of New York and is a Central Shura Member of the Islamic Circle of North America and a member of the Scholars Council of North America.

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[TheHampdenRaven]

@MrGriegos They are living in the past... They want to join the rest of the world but they are stuck in the past! WE have had the same type of punishments and such but we learned and evolved! Many also know that the book you read from was still written by a a man and some of it might not be the true word of god but instead the word of its inscriber! If they wish to join the rest of the modern world they really need to do some catching up lol! I mean their thousands of years behind, with firearms

[hotmercedes]

What crime did Nick Berg do and where was his trial?

[MrGriegos]

In Sharia capital punishment a family will automatically seek revenge due to emotions (not logic or wisdom)

Secular Capital punishment offers recourse for the purpose of making absolutely certain that an offender is guilty and deserves death (unlike Shaira whereby an innocent man who is charged with a murder will be dead very quickly)

Islam Sharia is an outdated and primitive form of social order and law.

Or perhaps we should bring back the Inquisition? LOL

[adtc]

not convincing...

[sylvrtika]

If the murdered person has no living family, then what?

What if the family forgives and the killer goes out and kills again? Who's fault is the second victim? who protects the community from a serial killer?