Qisas and the Death Penalty

Salaams,

Itrath, what were some of the competing and overlapping ideas? Was there a 
consenses?

While we're on this issue of Qisas, can anyone point me toward sources that 
clarify the various textual sources that shed light on the issue of capital 
punishment as practiced and prohibited amongst Muslims?

-Mudhillun




--On Monday, March 15, 2004 10:42 AM -0800 itrath <[email protected]> wrote:

> salaam,
>
> i thought i would share this story.  i am currently in a graduate seminar
> on islamic law and we were covering the issues of qisas as the pertain to
> injuries causing bodily harm.  of course since this was taking place in
> canada, the discussion centred around the recent hockey assualt where a
> member of the vancouver team broke the neck of a player in the colorado
> team.  i am sure the scholars of old would have been impressed.
>
> masalaama,
>
> itrath
>
>
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