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Islamic Sharia
Critical analysis of Sharia law, hudud, qisas, family law, apostasy, blasphemy, and the legal status of women and non-Muslims.
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Magic Is Forbidden in Islamic Sharia and Sorcerers Are to Be Beheaded
Classical Islamic law treats magic as a grave religious crime and, across major juristic traditions, prescribes death for sorcerers. Early Islamic sources record executions ordered or carried out…
Inhumane Rulings on Homosexuals in Islamic Sharia
Islamic Sharia developed severe punishments for male same-sex intercourse, including stoning, beheading, burning alive, crushing under walls, and throwing offenders from high places. Drawing on the Qur’an, hadith,…