Quran, Islamic Jurisprudence and Law

“Social Prevention from Sexual Crimes” in the Quran

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ali Mohammadi Jourkouye

Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Law Department, Research Center for Study of Islamic Culture and Thinking, Member of Association of Islamic Jurisprudence and Law of Seminary School (amg134325@yahoo.com).

Abstract
 “Sexual relations outside the marriage regulations” is among the crimes which severely endangers the essential values of Islamic community. This social phenomenon springs from various factors and criminal policy of Islam has devised various strategies in different levels to fight against it.
The Holy Quran as a main source of religious rules has devised general strategies for social prevention from sexual crimes including: giving insight, reinforcing the faith, pietism, believing in the existence of a supervising God, teaching, recognition of the family role and fulfilling economic requirements, as well as some special strategies like legislation, encouraging and facilitating marriage, modesty, controlling the eye, preventing form mixing of the opposite sexes, improving the family relationship inside the home, improving the relation between man and woman, and ignoring the crime. These strategies try from one hand to increase the resistance threshold of the individual against sexual appeal and attractions and to neutralize on the other hand the individual and social as well as the inner and outer factors of sexual crimes.

Keywords

Social Prevention
Sexual Crimes
Sexual Instinct
Sexual Ethics
Criminal Policy of Islam
Quran, Islamic Jurisprudence and Law
Volume 3, Issue 3
August 2016
Pages 119-148

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