Death penalty: to be or not to be
Journal Title: Юридические науки и образование - Year 2018, Vol 54, Issue 54
Abstract
The moral to Muslims is not a set of subjective (and therefore changeable) notions of good and evil; morality objectively exists and operates an immutable law, given by God, and has practical significance. Sin is an offence against moral law. The system of punishment in Islamic countries features the death penalty not because the moral level of these people is lower than that of those who have abolished it, but because it is derived from the Quran, which is primarily aimed at protecting the moral principles of the life and behaviour of Muslims in a highly precise way. The essence of punishment, according to the Quran, is merely part of a far more integrated whole. It is considered an integral part of the concept of justice, where the meaning and function of punishment are determined above all by the notion of the crime. Crucially, punishment as found in the Quran is intended to empower the members of the community with a sense of justice that publicly condemns actions that go beyond the boundaries laid down by Allah. The uniqueness and singularity exhibited in maintaining the death penalty in Japan also exists in the country-specific national forms of social control still based on traditional community and moral values even though the country has adopted the economic and democratic principles of the West. Death is still a serious barrier to the offender. Even on the basis of normal common sense, people’s fear of death is greater than any other serious punishment.
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Ilham Rahimov
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- DOI 10.25108/2304-1730-1749.iolr.2018.54.174-190
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