RE: TV boss found guilty of beheading wife.
April 23, 2011 at 12:45 am
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2011 at 12:46 am by Rayaan.)
(April 23, 2011 at 12:04 am)ruhollah Wrote: The goal of this religion is to protect individuals, their homes, businesses, community and environment. This religion demands discipline so people behave honestly with one another like real men and women.
If those committing live adultery (again in front of 4 people which is realistically is so rare that it doesn't even happen in a porn studio) go unpunished, the victims will start questioning this religion. How can this religion and the community be so cruel to let their coward parent go free...etc.
Well said. The punishment laws in Shariah are mainly for the purpose of protecting society from the insecurity caused by criminals and by certain actions of individuals.
Similarly, the philosophical basis of Western law is not punishment but reform. Prisons were initially created with the Christian Puritan notion that if people were isolated from the rest of society and forced to reflect upon their crimes, they would emerge reformed individuals who are no longer a threat to society. Prisons are a way in which society is protected from the crimes of people whom the society no longer trusts to uphold the social contract.
