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Despite the fact that Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, abolished crucifixion in the Roman Empire in 337 AD, out of veneration for [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], the most famous victim of crucifixion,<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144583/crucifixion crucifixion] - Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2009</ref> the [[Quran]] codified this practice by declaring it a prescribed punishment for certain actions, in particular, rebellion against "Allah and his messenger" | Despite the fact that Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, abolished crucifixion in the Roman Empire in 337 AD, out of veneration for [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], the most famous victim of crucifixion,<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144583/crucifixion crucifixion] - Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2009</ref> the [[Quran]] codified this practice by declaring it a prescribed punishment for certain actions, in particular, rebellion against "Allah and his messenger" | ||
{{Quran|5|33| 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,}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|5|33|}} 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,}} | ||
This is the scriptural basis for the practice in [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)|Islamic law]]. | This is the scriptural basis for the practice in [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)|Islamic law]]. | ||