The death penalty (AQA GCSE Religious Studies A): Flashcards
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Another term for capital punishment
Another term for capital punishment
Death penalty
Purpose: death penalty stops others committing crimes
Purpose: death penalty stops others committing crimes
Deterrent
Purpose: ensures criminal cannot commit crime again
Purpose: ensures criminal cannot commit crime again
Preventing re-offending
Purpose: time before execution for offender to do this
Purpose: time before execution for offender to do this
Repent and seek forgiveness
Islamic term for repentance
Islamic term for repentance
Tawbah
Scripture that explicitly states death penalty can be used
Scripture that explicitly states death penalty can be used
Qur'an
Islamic legal principles that support capital punishment
Islamic legal principles that support capital punishment
Shari'ah law
Prophet who sentenced individuals to death for murder
Prophet who sentenced individuals to death for murder
Muhammad
Qur'an presents death penalty as this, not mandatory
Qur'an presents death penalty as this, not mandatory
An option
Islamic teaching: this is sacred and special
Islamic teaching: this is sacred and special
Life
Crime in Hadith warranting death penalty (most common)
Crime in Hadith warranting death penalty (most common)
Murder
3 crimes in Qur'an for death penalty (not murder)
3 crimes in Qur'an for death penalty (not murder)
Rape, homosexual acts, apostasy
Non-religious groups generally opposing capital punishment
Non-religious groups generally opposing capital punishment
Humanists and atheists
Non-religious concern about justice system errors
Non-religious concern about justice system errors
Executing innocent people