The religious police in Saudi Arabia is a one of a kind police force that is unmatched in the whole world. Also known as the moral force, the religious police enforces sharia law that is found in the Quran. Known for its intense rules and harsh punishment, sharia law can be seen to be repressed and controlling to the western world, but to people that live by it, it’s a way of life. In this paper, the Quran, sharia law, and the religious police will be explored. The history and what impact it has in modern Saudi Arabia and how the religious police is different from any other police force will also be explored in this paper.
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Abraham was called by God to leave his home in present day Iraq. Abraham and a form of this story can be seen in the scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as “the ideal model of pure faith in the one true God”. Abraham followed God's instructions and was even willing to sacrifice his own son because God had commanded it. The sacred story of Islam tells of how Abraham and his son Ishmael built the "House of God" in Mecca, the center of Muslim worship. From Muhammad and his follower’s perspective, God's message in these scriptures had somehow became corrupted. Although Muhammad was a prophet to the Arabs of the 7th century, the message of Abraham was timeless and intended for all humankind. It was God's final revelation, and thus Muhammad is called the last prophet. This revelation that is known as The Night of Power is the foundation of the Islamic faith. (Patheos Library, …show more content…
Sharia is an Arabic word meaning way and is commonly short for Islamic law. Sharia tries to describe all possible human acts. This is divided them into two categories: permitted (also known as “halal”) and prohibited (also known as “haram”). In these categories, it is subdivided into degrees of good or evil. The sharia has rules that regulates all matters when it comes to life, worship, ritual purity, marriage, inheritance, criminal offenses, and personal conduct. The sharia also regulates anything that goes on in the Islamic state and how the Islamic state conducts itself with non-Muslims within the state. Sharia influences both the behavior of Muslims worldwide. It is taught that any criticism of sharia is considered “here-say” and those that question the validity of the sharia is considered not to be Muslim. Those that live within an Islamic country that deny the validity of the sharia is at risk of being put to death. The enforcing of sharia is extreme and most often go against modern society views on human rights, religious freedom, and equality. (Jenson, H.
Islam is a religious tradition that was developed in the Middle East known as the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century …show more content…
Abraham was called by God to leave his home in present day Iraq. Abraham and a form of this story can be seen in the scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as “the ideal model of pure faith in the one true God”. Abraham followed God's instructions and was even willing to sacrifice his own son because God had commanded it. The sacred story of Islam tells of how Abraham and his son Ishmael built the "House of God" in Mecca, the center of Muslim worship. From Muhammad and his follower’s perspective, God's message in these scriptures had somehow became corrupted. Although Muhammad was a prophet to the Arabs of the 7th century, the message of Abraham was timeless and intended for all humankind. It was God's final revelation, and thus Muhammad is called the last prophet. This revelation that is known as The Night of Power is the foundation of the Islamic faith. (Patheos Library, …show more content…
Sharia is an Arabic word meaning way and is commonly short for Islamic law. Sharia tries to describe all possible human acts. This is divided them into two categories: permitted (also known as “halal”) and prohibited (also known as “haram”). In these categories, it is subdivided into degrees of good or evil. The sharia has rules that regulates all matters when it comes to life, worship, ritual purity, marriage, inheritance, criminal offenses, and personal conduct. The sharia also regulates anything that goes on in the Islamic state and how the Islamic state conducts itself with non-Muslims within the state. Sharia influences both the behavior of Muslims worldwide. It is taught that any criticism of sharia is considered “here-say” and those that question the validity of the sharia is considered not to be Muslim. Those that live within an Islamic country that deny the validity of the sharia is at risk of being put to death. The enforcing of sharia is extreme and most often go against modern society views on human rights, religious freedom, and equality. (Jenson, H.