crime & punishment

crime and punishment - christianity

“He who spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.”

forgiveness - christianity

“Father forgive them for they don't know what they are doing.”

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

capital punishment - christianity

“If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by humans hands.”

“I have no pleasure in the death of wicked people.”

capital punishment - islam

“..do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by right.”

“..a life for a life, an eye for an eye… if anyone forgoes this out of charity, it will serve as atonement for his bad deeds.”

forgiveness - islam

“God is most forgiving and merciful.”

“Pardon each other’s faults and [God] will grant you honour.”

crime and punishment - islam

“Those who do not judge according to what God has revealed are doing grave wrong.”

“Do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands.”

deterrence + retribution + reformation - islam

“As for male and female thieves, cut off their hands for what they have done—a deterrent from Allah.”

deterrence + retribution + reformation - christianity

“Do not take revenge…but leave room for God’s wrath… do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.”

“If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”