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The Islamic State (IS) has published it own penal code, which harshly
penalizes actions such as sodomy and blasphemy with punishments including
execution, crucifixion, lashing, and the severing of limbs, among other
penalties.
IS (also known as ISIL or ISIS) issued the detailed document as a "warning
and a reminder to people living under its rule" that any behavior not in
accordance with strict Islamic law will be cruelly punished, according to
the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which translated a copy of
the penal code posted at a radical online depot known as the Jihadi Media
Platform.
Radical militants associated with IS emphasized that they have a
"commitment" to enforce the brutal doctrine "vigilantly," according to
MEMRI.
As IS continues to gain strength and devotees, it has staked out bolder and
more confrontational policies governing the territory in its control. The
release of a formal penal code is a sign that the terror outfit remains
committed to regional dominance in the face of ongoing U.S.-led airstrikes.
The death penalty and lashing by whip features prominently into IS's legal
code, which is governed by Sharia law.
"Blasphemy against Allah," for instance, is punishable by death, according
to the legal code provided by MEMRI.
Similarly, "blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed" also guarantees
death-"even in the accuser repents," according to the code. The same
punishment is doled out for blasphemy against Islam.
Adultery also remains a capital crime under IS' code.
An adulterer will face "stoning until death" if he or she was married at the
time and "100 lashes and exile" if unmarried.
Sodomy and, in particular, homosexuality will also be met by death "for the
person committing the act, as well as for the one receiving it."
The act of "spying for the unbelievers," which includes all those who do not
adhere to IS's extremist interpretation of Islam, will also result in death.
Murder and stealing will not only be punished by death, but the offender
will also be crucified, the code states.
However, not every crime will get the offender murdered by IS.
Theft, for example, will be punished by cutting off an offender's hand.
Drinking alcohol, which is banned under extreme Islamic law, will be met
with 80 lashes.
A person convicted of "slandering" also will be subjected to 80 lashes.
The punishment for stealing, or "banditry" as IS describes it, is "cutting
off the right hand and the left leg," according to the penal code.
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