Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment

Question 1

Give evidence for Corporal Punishment being advocated for within Christanity

Answer 1

“Whoever spares the rod hates their children”

Question 2

Give evidence for people in prision to be treated fairly in Christanity

Answer 2

“Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy”

Question 3

Give evidence for Corporal Punshment being accepted in Islam

Answer 3

“the thief… amputate their hands in recompense for what they commited as a deterrent”

Question 4

Give evidence for prisoners having rights in Islam

Answer 4

“And they give food in spite of love for it to the nedy, the orphan, and the captive”

Question 5

Give evidence for the three acceptable forms for Capital Punishment in Islam

Answer 5

“the married adulterer, a life for life, and the desereter of his Din (Islam)”