5,486
edits
Crucifixion: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→In the Modern World: added text of quran and cleaned up language
| [checked revision] | [checked revision] |
Lightyears (talk | contribs) (Automated script replacing USC-MSA hadith numbering system for Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud) |
(→In the Modern World: added text of quran and cleaned up language) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=2|Content=2|Language= | {{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=2|Content=2|Language=4|References=3}} | ||
[[File:Crucified in iraq.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Victims of crucifixion, under Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. It is a prescribed punishment in {{Quran|5|33}} for those who cause 'mischief'.]] | [[File:Crucified in iraq.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Victims of crucifixion, under Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. It is a prescribed punishment in {{Quran|5|33}} for those who cause 'mischief'.]] | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
'''Crucifixion''' ( | '''Crucifixion''' (Arabic: صلب ''salb'') typically refers to the painful method of execution and/or torture by tying and/or nailing someone to a cross, stake or tree. It can also refer to the method of public display of a body after execution. | ||
==In the Modern World== | ==In the Modern World== | ||
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> [[ | 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" | ||
Crucifixion is still a part of Iran's criminal code,<ref>Ehsan Zar Rokh - [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1108208 Case Study in Iranian Criminal System] - University of Tehran, 2008</ref> and as a method of torture and execution is still being used, primarily against Christians and Christian converts, in Sudan and Iraq, both Islamic countries.<ref>Simon Caldwell - [http://www.archive.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000648.shtml Christians are ‘crucified’ in guerrilla raids] - The Catholic Herald, September 25, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56726 Report: Christians crucified by terrorists in Iraq] - WorldNetDaily, July 17, 2007</ref> | {{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]]. | |||
Crucifixion is still a part of the Islamic Republic of Iran's criminal code,<ref>Ehsan Zar Rokh - [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1108208 Case Study in Iranian Criminal System] - University of Tehran, 2008</ref> and as a method of torture and execution is still being used, primarily against Christians and Christian converts, in Sudan and Iraq, both Islamic countries.<ref>Simon Caldwell - [http://www.archive.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000648.shtml Christians are ‘crucified’ in guerrilla raids] - The Catholic Herald, September 25, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56726 Report: Christians crucified by terrorists in Iraq] - WorldNetDaily, July 17, 2007</ref> | |||
As Joseph (who was taken into slavery by Muslims at the age of seven) found out in November 2004, not even children are spared. | As Joseph (who was taken into slavery by Muslims at the age of seven) found out in November 2004, not even children are spared. | ||
| Line 22: | Line 26: | ||
"After brutally beating Joseph on the head and all over his body, the master laid him out on a wooden plank. He then nailed Joseph to the plank by driving nine-inch nails through his hands, knees and feet. He then poured acid on Joseph's legs to inflict even greater pain, and finally left him for dead."<ref>Michael Ireland - [http://www.assistnews.net/STORIES/2004/s04110038.htm Sudanese slave 'crucified' by his master not unusual in central African nation] - ASSIST News, November 9, 2004</ref>}} | "After brutally beating Joseph on the head and all over his body, the master laid him out on a wooden plank. He then nailed Joseph to the plank by driving nine-inch nails through his hands, knees and feet. He then poured acid on Joseph's legs to inflict even greater pain, and finally left him for dead."<ref>Michael Ireland - [http://www.assistnews.net/STORIES/2004/s04110038.htm Sudanese slave 'crucified' by his master not unusual in central African nation] - ASSIST News, November 9, 2004</ref>}} | ||
Hamas, the Islamic governing body of Gaza, reinstated the penalty of crucifixion in 2008,<ref>Nicole Jansezian - [http://www.newsmax.com/International/Hamas-bombs-Gaza-Israel/2009/01/09/id/327583 Hamas Reinstates Crucifixions of Christians] - Newsmax, January 9, 2009</ref> and in May 2009 and June 2010 two convicted killers were beheaded in Saudi Arabia and their bodies were crucified for public display.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/saudi.arabia.execution/index.html Convicted killer beheaded, put on display in Saudi Arabia] - CNN, May 30, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/saudi-beheads-and-nails-murderers-body-to-cross/story-e6frfku0-1225882510806 Saudi beheads and nails murderer's body to cross] - NewsCore, June 22, 2010</ref> | |||
Rudolph Peters, a well respected historian and specialist in Islamic law, writes: | Rudolph Peters, a well respected historian and specialist in Islamic law, writes: | ||