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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> [[ | 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,}} | |||
This is the scriptural basis for the practice in [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)|Islamic law]]. | |||
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> | 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> | ||