Crime - Islam
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- Created on: 18-01-19 10:20
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- Crime
- Muslims are against crim because misdeeds are breaking the laws of God.
- Islam teaches Muslims to honour their allegiance to both their faith and their country, therefore they should abide by the rules of the land
- Muslims are also taught to keep away from anything that might distract them from remembering God, and which could lead to crime
- Muslims are accountable for their actions in the Akhirah. This makes them more conscious of how they behave in this life.
- Causes of crime
- poverty
- evidence
- many of the people convicted of shoplifting food were stealing it for their families.
- Muslim support offered to decrease poverty
- Banning the use of interest and gambling
- muslims are encouraged to share their wealth and let people off their debts
- using Zakah to help poor Muslims in the UK: and supporting charities such as Muslim Aid and Islamic Relief
- Islam encourages its followers to think carefully about voting and to support policies aimed at removing poverty.
- evidence
- Upbringing
- evidence
- there seems to be clear evidence that upbringing and family background have a major effect on the likelihood of people committing crimes
- 24% of prisoners stated that they had been in care at some point during their childhood
- there seems to be clear evidence that upbringing and family background have a major effect on the likelihood of people committing crimes
- Muslim support offered
- helping people fulfil their duties as Muslim parents ( they are expected to teach their children what is right and wrong and introduce them to the faith through observing salah and Ramadam at home)
- Islam also encourages families to stay together and many mosques provide family advice and support if parent have problems.
- evidence
- drugs
- evidence
- a lot of theft crimes in the UK are carried out by heroin or crack cocaine users to pay for drugs
- a high proportion of people arrested for a range of crimes test positive for drug use.
- Help offered by Muslims
- alcohol and drugs should not be a problem for Muslim families because they are prohibited.
- why?
- the Qur'an says that intoxicants are a means by which which Satan tries to keep people from God.
- Muhammad said several times that Muslims should not drink alcohol.
- the Qur'an says that intoxicants are a means by which which Satan tries to keep people from God.
- why?
- alcohol and drugs should not be a problem for Muslim families because they are prohibited.
- evidence
- Low self-esteem
- evidence
- Mucho sociological research and thinking believes that there is a link between low self-esteem and criminal offending
- Muslim help offered
- Islam's teachings should me that no Mulslim should have problems with self-esteem
- To know that you are a Klifah of God, given the task of looking after the world in the way God wants should never mean have low self-esteem.
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- evidence
- poverty
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