Do Muslims believe in the death penalty?

Answer 1

Love this question.

I'm Jewish, not religious but attend a Jewish High School so have plenty of background with Jewish studies.

Short answer is no... Long answer, YES the Rabbis are against the dealth penalty.

Back when the Sanhedrin was still in power during the times of the temple, roughly 32 A.D. or something like that, the 71 rabbis in the Sanhedrin(roughly related to the Supreme court of the U.S.) located in the great temple in Jerusalem created by-laws making it impossible for someone to actually gain the death penalty sentence in a case.

To gain the death penalty, as you are about to kill someone, someone with another person from the same vantage point and within a certain distance must call out to the killer and tell them they are going to commit a murder and must accept responsibility for it afterwards, then the killer must reply with a YES, I understand. THEN the person has to say a semi-long prayer then kill the person all within 4 seconds but it takes over 4 seconds to say the prayer... So by making these laws, it prevented anyone from actually receiving the sentence.

I thought this was extremely interesting and shows that the Rabbis realized the death penalty should remain but like they say, when you kill a person, you are destroying a world, so they wanted to eliminate the sentence as much as possible.

Hope this gives you some insight.

-Ben

Answer 2

The following report details abolitionist arguments within these respective religions:

· Buddhism

· Christianity

· Hinduism

· Islam

· Judaism

Answer 3

Yes,Hinduism believe in the death penalty.

Hindus believe in reincarnation, so the soul cannot really be destroyed.It can just be reborn.

Answer 4

yes