The ISIS Penal Code: Shariah Justice and the Quest for Religious Legitimacy by Phyllis Chesler Breitbart March 9, 2015 Print Send RSS Share: Be the first of your friends to like this. The global allure of a self-designated Caliphate, especially one that insists that its every barbaric action is Qur'an-based and Sharia-true, should not be underestimated. In October 2014, ISIS released the fourth issue of Dabiq, its online English- and multi-language newsletter. ISIS described a "successful consolidation of the judiciary," and the formation of "sharia courts" that render decisions in a speedy and non-corrupt manner. ISIS has implemented a "radical interpretation of sharia law, killing men accused of blasphemy or homosexuality. The group has also carried out amputations and lashings for reasons as trivial as smoking or improper dressing." ISIS has taken over the education system in horrendous ways: one must memorize the Qur'an, there is to be no teaching of science, history, civics, physical education, and geography. Basic mathematics is allowed. ISIS has also established military training on children, imposed early curfews and full-face and body niqab on women, including those who work at hospitals. While Westerners may find this as horrifying as ISIS's systematic and taped destruction of ancient, precious pre-Islamic sculptures and artifacts, according to Jonathan Spyer and Jawad al-Tamimi in Middle East Forum, ISIS has, nevertheless, been carefully justifying their every atrocity as based on the Qur'an and Sharia law. For example, in terms of crucifixions, ISIS invoked Qur'an 5:33 (Those "who wage war on God and His Messenger" may be crucified).  » CONTINUE READING Related Topics:  ISIS, Islam, Sharia Law

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