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[quote]>>honor killings

This is a product of primitive tribal societies, and so will be excluded from our discussion. Modern societies preclude such events.

>>and the recent events in Iraqi prison and the beheading of the innocent man.

These are aberrations and not part of a normal functioning society.

>>public expression of feelings of love and lewdness, and open homosexuality

But are these crimes for which the Hudood Laws can be invoked?

>>child pornography, child prostitution, gang related killings,

Allow me to add ethnic cleansing. I guess in these cases my assessment has been wrong. In such cases one often comes up with psychological explanations as to the condition of the depraved person i.e., the perpetrator  usually has been subjected to such filth in his childhood.

Though, in some such cases the capital punishment may seem appropriate.

However, my main issue will be whether we subsist with crucifixion and amputations and reduce ourselves to the same level as those who perpetrate crimes, or whether we eliminate people through lethal injections.

Do we really have to torture a criminal to death? Is not the loss of life sufficient as a deterrent?

I suppose what I am getting at is that in normal circumstances, members of modern societies do not go about killing one another. An individual lives safer today than if he were living in a primitive society. Moreover social issues like pornography and homosexuality are limited in scope as opposed to whole nations like Sodom and Gommorrah. Therefore, the situation is still that of counselling as opposed to that of administering heinous punishments.

>>which in no way qualifies them to rescind their rightful inheritance.

I have been misunderstood here. I had written about the disproportionate inheritance of men and women in Islam.

Given that women have joined the labor force, I ask should not women have an equal share of inheritance as men?

Edited by: junaidj on Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:01 AM[/quote]

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