How refreshing it would be if some of the people, Muslim or non-Muslim, who insist that the Islamic State is not Islamic would show how this penal code is contrary to Islam and Sharia. But they will not do so, because they can’t.
“Islamic State (ISIS) Publishes Penal Code, Says It Will Be Vigilantly Enforced,” MEMRI, December 17, 2014:
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On December 15, 2014, a document detailing the Islamic State (ISIS) penal code was released on the Jihadi Media Platform forum (alplatformmedia.com). The document, which was titled “Clarification [regarding] the Hudud [Koranic punishments],” included a list of crimes and their respective punishment according to the shari’a. ISIS said it published the document as a warning and a reminder to the people living under its rule. It also reaffirmed its commitment to enforce it vigilantly.
The document begins with various Koranic verses emphasizing the need for Muslims to adhere to the shari’a, while noting that those who do not follow it are considered unbelievers.
Following are the crimes appearing the document along with the respective punishment:
Blasphemy against Allah: Death
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment, except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Qur’an 5:33-34)
Blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad: Death – even if the accuser repents
“Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.” (Qur’an 33:57)
Blasphemy against Islam: Death
“If they violate their oaths after pledging to keep their covenants, and attack your religion, you may fight the leaders of paganism – you are no longer bound by your covenant with them – that they may refrain” (Qur’an 9:12)
Adultery: Stoning until death in case the adulterer was married and 100 lashes and exile if he or she were unmarried.
‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, “We do not find the Verses of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the Holy Book,” and consequently they may go astray by leaving an obligation that Allah has revealed. Lo! I confirm that the penalty of Rajam be inflicted on him who commits illegal sexual intercourse, if he is already married and the crime is proved by witnesses or pregnancy or confession.” Sufyan added, “I have memorized this narration in this way.” ‘Umar added, “Surely Allah’s Apostle carried out the penalty of Rajam, and so did we after him.” (Bukhari 8.82.816)
Sodomy (homosexuality): Death for the person committing the act, as well as for the one receiving it.
“If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or God ordain for them some (other) way. If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for God is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.” (Qur’an 4:15-16)
“Narrated By Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot’s people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.” (Sunan Abu Dawood 38:4447)
Theft: Cutting off the hand
“The thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.” (Qur’an 5:38)
Drinking alcohol: 80 lashes
“O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.” (Qur’an 5:90)
“Abu Huraira said, ‘A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet said, “Beat him!” Abu Huraira added, “So some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to him, ‘May Allah disgrace you!’ On that the Prophet said, ‘Do not say so, for you are helping Satan to overpower him.'” (Bukhari 8.81.768)
Slandering: 80 lashes
“And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses – lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient.” (Qur’an 24:4)
Spying for the unbelievers: Death
“Let not believers take disbelievers as allies rather than believers. And whoever does that has nothing with Allah, except when taking precaution against them in prudence. And Allah warns you of Himself, and to Allah is the destination.” (Qur’an 3:28)
Apostasy: Death
“They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah . But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
Banditry:[1]
1: Murder and stealing: Death and crucifixion
2: Murder only: Death
3: Stealing (as part of banditry): Cutting off the right hand and the left leg
4: Terrorizing people: Exile
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.” (Qur’an 5:33)
Fr. Basil` says
I bear witness there is NO GOD but Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ is God Incarnate crucified and risen from the dead.
mortimer says
And please pray for the Christians persecuted by ISIS and other Islamists and tell your bishop, cardinal, etc. that the church needs to understand the intolerance in Islamic theology. Let’s not pretend it’s benign. The truth will set us free. The church has a prophetic role to denounce evil.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Amen to that Father Basil! Amen indeed.
Also: When you’re abroad, it’s unwise to block the rush to the bar when Mu-slimes are present. These men don’t just drink; they drink ’til they’re sodden, and they insult women once they’re wasted.
The women utilize their filthy/ugly burkas to habitually shoplift from the finest stores (they’re a scourge at Harrod’s), and they do it WITH their children present to show their contempt for Western law.
Their ‘penal code’ is a joke, since every abomination under the sun is just fine under the Sharia. You name it: Sex slaves, animal torture, homosexuality, pedophilia and domestic violence-that’s just a short list of what the prophet (Pee Be Upon Him) ‘allows’…
Angemon says
But, according to Obama, the islamic state is not muslim because muslims are among its victims. It’s the same line of thinking of “I can’t be racist, I’m (insert non-caucasian ethnicity here)”.
mortimer says
ISIS is not merely ‘Islamic’….it’s ULTRA-ISLAMIC.
mortimer says
ISIS is SUPERBLY Islamic.
ISIS is REMARKABLY Islamic.
ISIS is EXEPTIONALLY Islamic.
ISIS is SELF-CONSCIOUSLY Islamic.
ISIS is UNERRINGLY Islamic.
ISIS is EXTRAORDINARILY Islamic.
ISIS is FANTASTICALLY. Islamic ISIS is STRICLY Islamic.
ISIS is FASTIDIOUSLY Islamic.
ISIS is STUDIOUSLY Islamic.
ISIS is THOROUGHLY Islamic.
ISIS is PEDANTICALLY Islamic.
ISIS is PRECISELY Islamic.
ISIS is METHODICALLY Islamic.
ISIS is PAINSTAKINGLY Islamic.
ISIS is DILIGENTLY Islamic.
ISIS is SCRUPULOUSLY Islamic.
ISIS is CAREFULLY Islamic.
ISIS is PUNCTILIOUSLY Islamic.
ISIS is HYPER Islamic.
PJG says
I put your comment on my facebook page, Mortimer. Thanks!
Salah says
I’m waiting for our friend “EgyptianMuslim” to refute these claims by ISIL. I’m waiting for a different interpretation for these Quranic verses.
Please jump in EgyptianMuslim.
PRCS says
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger”
Back then, 1400 years ago, I can imagine how mere mortals could be accused of ‘waging war against their fellow mortal man, Muhammad (whomever that might or might not have been).
But how exactly, from then to this very day, have mere mortals ‘waged war’ against an all knowing, all seeing–but invisible deity?
Surely he’s simply snicker at attempts by those mere mortals to wage WAR against him.
Right?
Vienna says
Hang on, terrorizing people… Shouldn’t they all be exiled then? I hear Mount Nyiragongo is nice this time of year.
dlbrand says
Indeed, Scholars and scribes of Islamic State.
For such reasons, upon reading the literature produced by IS, on how their actions are in perfect agreement with that in their “sacred text”; I feel an odd sense of affiliation; because, they, as we here at this site (and others), are both working on disclosing the fact-based realities of Islam.
Bartender says
Hi Robert. In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWm8cJyEKVE it says that the Islamic State kills those who drink alcohol because it considers the act as nullifying their Muslimhood, therefore they are apostates and need to be treated as such.
I don’t know if you have seen the video, Robert, but it shocked me to see this “moderate” Muslim struggling to split hairs to come up with a reason why the IS is not the real Caliphate and why you shouldn’t support them. Then take a look at the likes/dislikes and the comment section where all the Islamic State fan-boys come out to diss and “refute” him. I would like to hear any commentary you have on this video.
gravenimage says
The whole thing sounds very predictable to me—lax (or just Taqiyya-spouting) Muslims trying to pretend this isn’t “real” Islam, and more pious Muslims making it quite clear that this is exactly what it is.
Richard Sherman says
If you believe in the Koran, you believe in these punishments. It is called Islam. If revere Muhammad like Obama, you believe in these punishments because Muhammad loved these punishments.
duh_swami says
Bare Naked Sharia, is a porn movie, with something to satisfy the various perversions of those who purchased a ticket…Now ‘that’s heavy’, ainit?
Craig says
I think that most Americans stick their heads in the sand because Islam has been presented as “race.” Islamists tend to be, more often than not, dark skinned. Americans have been so programmed by political correctness to just shut up if they might be accused of racism.
America is dying a death of 1,000 pc rules.
Bezelel says
Religion of peace, rest in peace that is.
gravenimage says
4: Terrorizing people: Exile
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Unless, of course, the terrorizing is done in the name of Islam—then it’s perfectly Halal.
Also Halal, of course, is enslaving Infidel women; engaging in genocide; and beheading journalists, aid workers, women who refuse forced marriages, and Christian children who refuse to convert to Islam under threat of death.
God, I hate Islam.
Champ says
“God, I hate Islam.”
Me, too, Graven …
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” — Romans 12:9
Yes, islam certainly is “evil”.
The Watchman says
If the punishment for “terrorising people”, is EXILE, why are we letting them in? Why aren’t we chucking them OUT? What are out stupid politicians and mentally deficient judges playing at?
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