Amputation - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Amputation - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Peters, Rudolph

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060516
Doc. NO	:	ALei913
Main Entry	:	Peters, Rudolph
Title & Author	:	Amputation - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Peters, Rudolph
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(639 words)
Abstract	:	Amputation (qaṭʿ) in Islamic law is the removal of extremities as a form of punishment. Punitive amputation existed in ancient Middle Eastern laws. Hammurabi's code, for example, mentions it as a penalty for medical malpractice (section 218) and for certain types of embezzlement (section 253). In Mosaic law talionic punishment could involve amputation (Leviticus 24:19–20, Exodus 21:24). In Islamic criminal law three offences may entail amputation: theft (sariqa) , certain forms of highway robbery (ḥirāba, qaṭʿ al-ṭarīq) and the wounding (jarḥ) of someone in a manner
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei913.pdf