Punishment for rape in Islamic law.
In Islam, rape is considered to be a serious sexual crime. Since it consists of forcible sexual intercourse, most of the classical jurists called it zina bi al-ikrah, that is, forcible unlawful sexual intercourse. The questionarises as to whether rape is part of zina or an isolated crime. This pape...
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Main Author: | Mohd Noor, Azman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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