Sharia Law Vs. Human Rights

Extremist Muslims interpret jihad as war and believe they are obligated to install sharia, a form

Sharia Law is the Islamic legal system characterized by harsh punishments.Sharia Law has two sources, the Quran, which is considered to be the word for God and the Sunnah, which is the divinely guided tradition of Islam’s prophet Muhammad.Sharia Law has three

“The ultimate responsibilities of the judge at a trial was to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. In the event the accused was found guilty of a tazir offense, the judge determined the appropriate sanction” (Terrill, 2013). The U.S. laws are diverse as in a judge or a seat of jury decides the blame of an indicted individual. The jury tunes in to the indicting party and the resistance party compositions looking into it. Witnesses are drawn from the two sides of the prosecuting attorney and the defending attorney to either help or hurt the trying cases. The US laws depend on the tradition or rights whereby it is agreed that nobody ought to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. All the more in this way, every sentenced individual is assumed innocent until proven to be guilty in the US. “Because Islamic procedural law did not provide for a prosecutor, the jurisdictional duties of the shurta were expensive. They were authorized to investigate crimes in Sharia that were punishable by a fixed penalty or hudud and carried out the corporal penalties imposed” (Terrill, 2013).

Although they are ethnically and religiously different from that of ISIS, the atrocities against them do not classify as genocide because the intent for extermination is not there. ISIS’s ideologies give way to its vast brutality, and does not specifically call for the extermination of Yazidi’s in their caliphate but rather the extermination of all infidels in their caliphate. I believe that what is happening to the Yazidi’s and other ethnic and religious minorities groups that find themselves under the rule of ISIS is that they are prisoners of war that are being treated inhumanly. A key point of ISIS however is that they are not recognized as a state and their apocalyptic underbelly does not allow them to see the further implication of their human rights violation. That coupled with their aim of pleasing Allah is why such violence has been portrayed, the Yazidi’s just happen to reside in a location in which ISIS has control over. By no means am I trying to belittle the atrocities of the Yazidi’s. The intent of this paper was to explore what is happening to them and make sense of it. The Yazidi’s are prisoners of war that are being treated inhumanely, not victims of genocide, either way they and all other victims of ISIS deserve protection and reconciliation. Future research should expand upon the effects of an insurgency/terrorist group that have control of territory have on the brutality of the group

Furthermore, many radical Islamic groups believe that man-made laws are shirk and they are not too be bound by them (Quintan Wiktorowicz, 2006). Moreover, the only laws that have a sense of legitimacy in the eyes of radical Islamist is Sharia law (Quintan Wiktorowicz, 2006). Which is believed to be law directly passed down from Allah. In addition, radical groups such as Al-Muhajiroun believe that all actions, decisions and deeds are an act of praise and worship as long as it follows sharia. Conversely, any deviation from the fundamentalist teachings of Islam is considered sin against God (Quintan Wiktorowicz, 2006). Therefore, according to radical Islamist those who do not follow the strict interpretations of Islam are doomed to burn in the fiery pits of hell, while those of follow such teaching will see paradise (Quintan Wiktorowicz, 2006). Radical Islamist groups use this basic principle to keep their members in check. It is also important to note that each Radical Islamist group believes only it can offer its members the True path to salvations and all other groups are false (Quintan Wiktorowicz, 2006). This ideology is based upon a passage in the Hadiths that states “And this Ummah will divide into 73 sects all of which will go to hell and they are those who are upon what I and my

1) Identify specific financial statements auditing concepts and procedures that could be applied in determining whether an Islamic bank has been Shari’a compliant during a given financial reporting period?

“ISIS considers itself the "Islamic Caliphate" (a theological empire) and controls vast swathes of land in western Iraq and eastern Syria” (Cassis). According to ISIS’s beliefs, they think everyone should practice Sharia Law. “They have institutionalized slavery and rape and have carried

Islam is a religion that has come into the spotlight in recent years, partly because of charges that have been brought against its members. The most notable mention of Islam today is that of the Islamic State (ISIS), which seeks to build a caliphate in Syria. It is, therefore, crucial to understand the religion of Islam itself in order to be better guided in information about the religion itself.

Islam law provided society with a set of practical guidelines within the Quran. The Quran is Islam’s foundational text which was inspired by a man named Muhammad who believed God was

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, also known as Islamic State in Iran and the Levant, ISIL, is a terror group formed by the remaining members of al Qadea (AQI) after their down fall. ISIS aims to create a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and expand globally. Their methods to do so are by any means of spreading terror to innocent people by mass shootings, beheadings, and explosions. ISIS although a political driven terror group, claims to found their practice and ideology from Islam one of the three major world religions among Christianity and Judaism. However, Islamic teachings and beliefs contradict the practice, methodology and ideology of ISIS. In the following paper, I will be discussing the formation of the organization of ISIS, their

The Syrian Civil War continues to be a major issue in the world today. Though it began as an issue over the resignation of President Bashar Al Assad against the government and Syrians, the war has greatly escalated. It currently involves over 50 different groups, all supporting either the government or the Syrian people, but possessing a slightly different goal. All of this violence poses a threat to individual nations all through the world, focusing on the immigration of refugees into such nations and the impact of such a movement upon that nation. Furthermore, all of this violence has violated the human rights of millions of people, with rape , torture, and harsh execution style killings occurring on a daily basis. Millions of people caught

"The violence suffered by civilians in Iraq remains staggering. The so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' continues to commit systematic and widespread violence and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law."

Sharia law is an ancient compilation of religious rules that most Muslim nations seek reference in governing their people. Also defined as Islamic law, the essence of sharia laws emanated from the life of Prophet Mohammed known as the hadiths as well as the Quran teachings. The hadiths entail the vocal expressions of prophet Muhammad on divine life and his condemnation of immoral behavior that undermine the acceptable way of life. The teachings are accepted by the Muslim community who affirm that Muhammad’s teachings supplement the functionality of the Quran. On the other hand, the Quran, which forms the core reference on Muslim beliefs and regulations provides moral and spiritual guidance among the Muslims. It also dictates how the Muslims should interact with the non-Muslim community without contravening on the sharia doctrines (Hallaq 20-25).

There are people dedicated to forwarding the notion that America’s city with the largest Muslim population is a haven of Sharia law, a place where women are stoned for stepping out of line.

Sharia – law believed to have originated from the “Koran, hadith, ijam, and qiyas” (Dictionary)