Is criminality in-born? An Islamic perspective

Abd Rashid, Adnan (2016) Is criminality in-born? An Islamic perspective. Asian Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 5 (3). pp. 102-108. ISSN 2186-8492 E-ISSN 2186-8484

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Abstract

According to the teachings of Islam human beings are born into this world in the clean and precious in the sight of Allah. In the Qur'an Allah describes man was created with the best creation and certified by Allah preferred them from other creatures. They are given intellect and freedom to choose something good or bad in their life and they are responsible for their actions . However there is an opinion from the West claim that human misbehavior and crime is because hereditary. For their crimes and vices inherited from the past and their descendants rather than external influences or the environment. This paper discusses whether the criminals it is descended from the past in the view of Islam . Is it true that Western allegations that it inherited criminals ? Arguments conclusions of this paper explains that the Western view of the criminals was the inheritance is not true at all.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	2485/51824
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Man, Criminality, Western and Islamic views
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education
Depositing User:	Assoc.Prof. Dr Adnan Abd Rashid
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2016 16:23
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2016 16:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/51824

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