Title of article :
A Comparative Study of the Crimes Leading to the Death Penalty in the Quran, Zoroastrian Legal Sources, and the Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Author/Authors :
Sharifian, Fariba Assistant professor - The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) - Faculty of Iranian Linguistics - Inscriptions and Texts, Tehran , Fekripour, Katayoun Assistant professor - The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) - Faculty of Iranian Linguistics - Inscriptions and Texts, Tehran , Heidarpour, Azadeh Assistant professor - The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) - Faculty of Iranian Linguistics - Inscriptions and Texts, Tehran
Abstract :
This paper aims to examine the death penalty in Zoroastrianism, the Quran, and the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. By studying antient
Zoroastrian texts, we face a variety of crimes and punishments such as
murder, robbery, adultery, magic, rape, and assault that were always
considered to be the worst offenses. Zoroastrian religious scholars wrote
books on crimes and their punishment in this world and the hereafter. Islam,
like all other divine religions, regards the death penalty as a permissible and
sometimes obligatory punishment for the perpetrators of capital offenses,
while in other cases it prohibits the death penalty and considers it a grave
sin. The Islamic penal system strives to confront offenses and injustice and
eliminate corruption. This paper discusses the differences and similarities
between the crimes that lead to the death penalty in pre-Islamic Iran, the
Quran, and the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Keywords :
crime , Quran , pre-Islamic Iran , capital punishment
Journal title :
Religious Inquiries