Capital punishment in Islam

In Islam, capital punishment follows Islamic law (sharia). Sharia comes from the Quran, hadith writings, and sunnah (Muhammad's sayings and habits).Mohamed El-Awa (1993), Punishment in Islamic Law, American Trust Publications, , pp 1-68Samuel M. Zwemer, The law of Apostasy, The Muslim World. Volume 14, Issue 4, pp. 373–391 According to sharia law, crimes that could lead to the death penalty include murder, rape, sex outside marriage, and homosexual acts.Javaid Rehman and Eleni Polymenpoulou, "Is Green a Part of the Rainbow? Sharia, Homosexuality and LGBT Rights in the Muslim World," Fordham International Law Journal, Vol.37, Issue 1, Article 7 (2013) (retrieved 4 July 2025); Archived copy The death penalty is a sharia-prescribed punishment used in many Muslim-majority countries for crimes like abandoning Islam, sex outside marriage, black magic, murder, rape, and sharing sexual images.

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