Equivalence is the Law [2:178-179]
In dealing with murder, the Quran definitely discourages
capital punishment (2:179). "The free for the free, the slave for the slave, and
the female for the female" (2:178). Due to human meanness and injustice, many
people cannot even imagine what this Quranic law says. They refuse to accept the
clear injunctions that strict equivalence must be observed - if a woman kills a
man, or a man kills a woman, or a slave kills a free person, or a free person
kills a slave, capital punishment cannot be
applied. The Quran prefers that the murderer compensate the victim's family.
Killing the murderer does not bring the victim back, nor does the family of the
victim benefit from executing the murderer. The compensation, however, must be
sufficient to be a deterrent for others. In Islam (Submission), the victim
and/or the victim's family are the judges for all crimes; they decide what the
punishment shall be under the supervision of a person who knows the Quran.
Punishment of the thief
If a thief steals a thousand dollars from you, and they
put him in prison, what do you get? If the thief has a wife and children, what
is their crime? Why should they be deprived of their father?
The Quran solves this problem, as well as the problems
associated with the criminal justice systems prevalent in today's world.
According to the Quranic criminal justice, the thief who
is convicted of stealing a thousand dollars from you must work for you until you
are fully paid for the thousand dollars you lost, plus any other damage and
inconvenience the theft may have caused you. At the same time, the thief's
innocent wife and children are not deprived of their man, and the expensive
prison system is eliminated. Imprisonment is a cruel and inhumane punishment
that has proven useless to all
concerned.
Contrary to common belief, the thief's hand shall not be
cut off. Thank God for His mercy and His mathematical miracle in the Quran, we
know now that the thief's hand is to be marked. Marking the hand of the thief is
stated in 5:38. The sura and verse numbers add up to 5+38 = 43. The other place
in the Quran where "the hand is cut" is found in 12:31. This is where we see the
women who admired Joseph so much, they "cut" their hands. Obviously, they did
not sever their hands; no one can do that. The sura and verse numbers add up to
12+31=43, the same total as in 5:38. This gives mathematical confirmation that
the Quranic law calls for marking the hand of the
thief, not severing it. Additional mathematical confirmation is provided: 19
verses after 12:31, we see the "cutting of the hand" again.
Punishment in Islam (Submission) is based on equivalence
and social pressure (2:178, 5:38, 24:2).
Punishment for Adultery
The blasphemy called "Hadith & Sunna" has instituted
stoning to death as the punishment for married adulterers. This is not God's
law. As stated in 24:2, the punishment for adultery is whipping in public; a
hundred symbolic lashes. As pointed out above, the basic punishment is
social pressure and scandalizing the criminal. Whipping in public achieves this
goal.
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