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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.
Articles
Execution of Apostates Under Islamic Sharia: The Brutal Punishment for Leaving Islam
A critical examination of apostasy laws in Islamic sharia, covering execution, imprisonment, forced repentance, marriage, inheritance, family rights, and religious freedom.
Punishment for Insulting Muhammad: The Islamic Legal Basis for Extrajudicial Killings
Classical Islamic jurisprudence prescribes death for insulting Muhammad and, in certain cases, exempts extrajudicial killers from legal liability. Drawing on hadith, the rulings of early Muslim authorities, and…
Jizya: The Humiliating Tax Designed to Degrade and Subjugate Disbelievers
Jizya was more than a tax on non-Muslims. Drawing on Quran 9:29, classical Tafsir, Hadith, and Islamic jurisprudence, this article examines how jizya institutionalized religious discrimination, humiliation, and…
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,…
Islamic Deception or Taqiyya: Divine Sanction for Deceiving and Misleading Non-Believers
Introduction A well-known statement attributed to the Prophet Muhammad is “War is deception”—in Arabic, الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ. Classical commentators understood this statement, recorded in Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari,…
The Islamic Rule of Humiliating Non-Muslims by Forcing Them to the Road’s Edge
An examination of hadith and classical Islamic jurisprudence prescribing that non-Muslims yield the road to Muslims. Drawing on al-Nawawi, al-Qurtubi, al-Qari and Ibn al-Qayyim, the article traces how…
Birth-Based Discrimination and Institutionalized Stigma: The Rights of Children Born Outside Marriage in Islam
Islamic hadiths, classical jurisprudence, Quranic commentaries, and contemporary fatwas reveal systematic discrimination against children born outside marriage. From being labeled the “worst of three” to being denied paternal…