qiṣāṣ
Islamic law
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Iran
- In Iran: Justice of Iran
…traditional punishments, including retributions (Arabic qiṣāṣ) for murder and other violent crimes—wherein the nearest relative of a murdered party may, if the court approves, take the life of the killer. Violent corporal punishments, including execution, are now the required form of chastisement for a wide range of crimes, ranging from…
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penalties for homicide
- In homicide
…choice of taking retribution (Arabic: qiṣāṣ), which allows them or their proxy to take the murderer’s life, or accepting wergild (Arabic: diyah), or compensation, from the killer or the killer’s family. The Islamic tradition extols the latter, and, in the case of an accidental death, financial compensation by the offending…
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