Islam and Justice

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Islam and Justice

• Choose one religion other than Christianity and
  outline its attitudes to justice. (6)

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Islam Justice (1)

• Muslims believe that God is a just God who will
  reward the good and punish the bad on the Last
  Day ((judgement day).
• Muslims believe it is part of their role as
  vice-gerents of Gods creation to behave justly
  to other people and to ensure the world is
  governed in a fair way.

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Islam Justice (2)

• For Islam the way to do this is to follow the
  Shariah law.
• Muslims believe that all people should have equal
  rights before the law and that Muslims should
  work for a fairer sharing of the earths
  resources. The pillar of zakah and the work of
  such groups as Muslim Aid and Muslim Relief are
  all trying to bring justice to the world.
  (6marks)

4
Explain the attitudes of one faith other than
Christianity to justice. (8)

• Muslims believe that God is a just God who will
  reward the good and punish the bad on the Last
  Day ((judgement day).
• Muslims believe it is part of their role as
  vice-gerents of Gods creation to behave justly
  to other people and to ensure the world is
  governed in a fair way.
• In his Hadith Muhammed is shown as acting justly
  and telling others to do the same. Slide 1

5
Explain the attitudes of one other faith than
Christianity to justice. (8)

• For Islam the way to do this is to follow the
  Shariah law.
• Muslims believe that all people should have equal
  rights before the law ( no one is above the law)
  and that everyone should be treated fairly by the
  law and courts should not operate in secret and
  punishments should be publicly witnessed to
  ensure justice is done and seen to be done.
• Muslims should work for a fairer sharing of the
  earths resources. The pillar of Zakah (charity)
  and the work of such groups as Muslim Aid and
  Muslim Relief are all trying to bring justice to
  the world. Slide 2

6
Explain the attitudes of one faith other than
Christianity to justice. (8)

• Due to their belief in justice Muslims believe
  that it wrong to practice usury the charging of
  interest. They believe this is unjust as it takes
  money from the poor and gives it to the rich. In
  a just society the fair thing to do would be to
  take money from the rich and give it to the poor.
• Slide 3 (8 marks)