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Islams believe there are three crimes that deserve the capital punishment; murder, sexual misconduct (including making false allegation) and apostasy (crimes giving up or insulting religious faiths).

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The Muslims believe in eye for eye, ear for ear, nose for nose and life for life. It is the same penalty prescribed in the Tora for the Jews. Anyhow, the Muslim heirs of the killed person may forgive the killer in the name of Almighty Allah. They may also forgive the killer after taking Dieat (death money).

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Of course No. Quran says (Meaning English Translation):

"And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.(5:45)"

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"O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.(178) And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.(2-178 and 179)"

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This is an issue of which Qur'anic verses and which Hadiths you choose and how you interpret them. The Anti-Capital Punishment argument can be made well using the verses cited in the Community Answer, so it need not be re-made. However, the Pro-Capital Punishment argument is below:

Qur'anic Verses
2:178-179 can be read to say that for the murder of an individual, it is righteous conduct to abrogate the death penalty (i.e. legal retribution equal to the strength of the crime), but it is not necessary, meaning that the death penalty can be enforced if the victim's family does not wish to grant clemency.

5:33 explicitly claims that capital punishment can be used against prisoners of war (against an Islamic State) and those who "cause corruption" in this world.

Hadiths:
Al-Bukhari 6524: Death penalty for apostasy is valid.
Muslim 1690: Lashes and stoning are the penalties for adultery.
Al-Bukhari 3007: Spying against Muslims may be punishable by decapitation.

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Most Muslims support the death penalty because Islam as a religion supports the existence of a death penalty and because most countries with a majority-Muslim population have never had a large movement against capital punishment. Islam rates numerous offenses, both terrestrial and theological, as ones that merit the death penalty. However, Muslims are as diverse as they come and there is a worldwide minority who oppose the death penalty in practice and an even smaller minority who oppose the death penalty in theory.

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The supposition in this question is false. The overwhelming majority of Muslims support capital punishment. The minority who do not are typically influenced by modern Western perspectives on abolishing capital punishment, not on Islamic sources, which almost uniformly support the practice.

The only Islamic argument against capital punishment of which I am aware is the argument that the death penalty should only be enforced by a pious Muslim ruler and since those no longer exist, the death penalty should have a moratorium until such time as pious ruler comes to power.

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Some Muslim countries carry out capital punishment. Some years ago, a princess was beheaded for adultery in Saudi Arabia.

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The death penalty is still being implemented in certain Muslim countries.

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Most Muslims are in favor of capital punishment and the religion of Islam has several sins that it holds worthy of the death penalty, such as murder, treason, and apostasy.

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They mostly agree with it.

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