Liability for apostasy in islamic criminal law

The article reveals some problems of the liability for apostasy in the Islamic criminal law. It is defined of Hudud as a system of certain types of punishments in the Islamic criminal law. In addition, the author analyzes the views of Muslim scholars, for example, what crimes should be included in t...

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Main Author: A AK Manna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2013-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Law
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/5403
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Summary:The article reveals some problems of the liability for apostasy in the Islamic criminal law. It is defined of Hudud as a system of certain types of punishments in the Islamic criminal law. In addition, the author analyzes the views of Muslim scholars, for example, what crimes should be included in the category of Hudud. It is reviewed the question of the liability for apostasy, as well as the punishment for the act. There are various in the article opinions concerning the property confiscation of apostate. The misconducts are described after commiting which Muslim becomes a apostate.
ISSN:2313-2337
2408-9001