to the non-muslims, peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance.
at the moment i live in the uk, though i am short listed for a job in qatar, but living here i have to try not to break any laws and if i do i will have to face the consequences of that action.
if i lived in qatar the same, if i lived in saudi the same.
one of the laws in islam is that the married adulterer is stoned if it can be proved according to the shariah.
that is the law, or at least should be in all muslim countries. the problem is some dont apply it at all and hence widespread fornication and adultery, with the problems of marital break down and VD's.
other countries do apply it but don't apply it correctly, so rape victims are punished but the rapist is not, this is not the way shariah is supposed to work, or other times the rich get off but the poor are punished but islam is impartial when it comes to matters of status, race, etc (muslims themselves on the other hand need a little guidance in this department it must be admitted)
marriage is a trust, it is a trust between you and someone who promises like you to keep each other safe and as we are taught in islam, to be a garment for each other.
now if that trust is violated then on a societal level things can start to break down pretty quickly and islam not only works on the individual level, protecting the rights and honour of the individual but also protests society from any bad effects.
so in islam there is a punishment for adultery, which is stoning, this is all about deterent. if you knew you might be stoned to death for getting your end away away from home you are going to think twice, a bit of fun is not worth getting killed for.
and in this deterence, society and the rights of individuals are protected.
in a correctly run shariah state, stoning for adultery is extremely rare, as it requires four adult sane witnesses, not disagreeing with any of the major details.
i remember one friend telling me about his brother who worked in khandahar during the rule of the taliban and a judge had a case brought before him, two teenage kids who had run off together (neither married so they would have been flogged not stoned if found guilty).
the judge asked for witnesses, they said they had over fifty who had caught them together willing to testify, he asked them amazed that they really had fifty witnesses that had seen the pen go in the ink well?
they said no, not that but they were caught alone together so assumed.
the judge had all the witnesses given ten lashes for making false testimony, allowed the young couple to go free and even arranged their marriage for them as that had been the original problem as the families wouldnt let them marry as from different tribes.
that was justice, that is how shariah is supposed to work, not the often political tribal justice that often calls itself shariah in this day and age but is so far removed from how shariah worked in the past where it gave justice to all.
assalaamu alaykum,
to the non-muslims, peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance.
at the moment i live in the uk, though i am short listed for a job in qatar, but living here i have to try not to break any laws and if i do i will have to face the consequences of that action.
if i lived in qatar the same, if i lived in saudi the same.
one of the laws in islam is that the married adulterer is stoned if it can be proved according to the shariah.
that is the law, or at least should be in all muslim countries. the problem is some dont apply it at all and hence widespread fornication and adultery, with the problems of marital break down and VD's.
other countries do apply it but don't apply it correctly, so rape victims are punished but the rapist is not, this is not the way shariah is supposed to work, or other times the rich get off but the poor are punished but islam is impartial when it comes to matters of status, race, etc (muslims themselves on the other hand need a little guidance in this department it must be admitted)
marriage is a trust, it is a trust between you and someone who promises like you to keep each other safe and as we are taught in islam, to be a garment for each other.
now if that trust is violated then on a societal level things can start to break down pretty quickly and islam not only works on the individual level, protecting the rights and honour of the individual but also protests society from any bad effects.
so in islam there is a punishment for adultery, which is stoning, this is all about deterent. if you knew you might be stoned to death for getting your end away away from home you are going to think twice, a bit of fun is not worth getting killed for.
and in this deterence, society and the rights of individuals are protected.
in a correctly run shariah state, stoning for adultery is extremely rare, as it requires four adult sane witnesses, not disagreeing with any of the major details.
i remember one friend telling me about his brother who worked in khandahar during the rule of the taliban and a judge had a case brought before him, two teenage kids who had run off together (neither married so they would have been flogged not stoned if found guilty).
the judge asked for witnesses, they said they had over fifty who had caught them together willing to testify, he asked them amazed that they really had fifty witnesses that had seen the pen go in the ink well?
they said no, not that but they were caught alone together so assumed.
the judge had all the witnesses given ten lashes for making false testimony, allowed the young couple to go free and even arranged their marriage for them as that had been the original problem as the families wouldnt let them marry as from different tribes.
that was justice, that is how shariah is supposed to work, not the often political tribal justice that often calls itself shariah in this day and age but is so far removed from how shariah worked in the past where it gave justice to all.
Abu Abdillah