Islamic Criminal Justice System Analysis

Islam is the religion of peace. However, the infamous incident of the 9/11 attack or the massacre of mainly Christian community by the “Muslims” in the capital of Central African Republic or the recent headlines news about the gruesome beheading of Japanese Journalist Kenji Goto by the IS (Islamic State) seems to suggest otherwise. The international platform of media has always portrayed the religion of Islam in the negative sense or in the dark shadows. All along the years, people have the misconceptions and began labeling all Muslims as extremists or terrorists or often relating and equating Islam with terrorism. How far is the truth? The word ‘Islam’ has its origins in the Arabic language where it carries the meaning of submission

His work was used as a reference. This reason is because he has provided the most crystal-clear and detailed evidence that restorative justice concept did exist in Islamic criminal justice system- albeit not in a straightforward kind of way. Analysis and comparison of Islamic criminal justice system together with a deep understanding of restorative justice concept are the key factors to solve the misconceptions at hand. Referring to that prominent author’s work, he began by stating the facts that restorative justice does exist in Islamic penal justice and it exists as a general rule whereas the retributive justice is the

In macro restorative justice technique, he laid down the rules embedded in Islamic jurisprudence (Fikh) that reflects the spirit of restorative justice while in micro restorative justice technique; he explained the measures set forth by other Muslim scholars which could be identified as within the concepts of restorative justice in one way or another. For the purpose of this assignment, I would only dwell more on the macro techniques as they are solid proofs sufficient enough to prove such existence of restorative justice in Islamic law (meanwhile the micro techniques would only be dealt in