Sharia Law

What is the ruling on the crime of rape in Islam?

  ByMuhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid Rape is an abhorrent crime and an abominable sin. This heinous crime is forbidden not only in Islam but in all religions, and all people of sound thinking and pure human nature reject it.  Responding to the question, the prominent Saudi Islamic Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid states the following: "The Arabic word ightisab (rape) refers to taking …

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