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THE LASH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD 1 : Torture and Citizenry in Medieval Muslim Jurisprudence
Author(s) -
Ahmed Rumee
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2011.00497.x
Subject(s) - torture , sword , jurisprudence , law , compromise , citizenship , human rights , political science , criminology , sociology , religious studies , philosophy , politics , computer science , operating system
Medieval Muslim scholars unequivocally prohibited the torture of prisoners of war out of a concern for maintaining theoretical constructs about the boundaries of the Muslim and non‐Muslim communities. Muslim scholars worried that the torturing prisoners of war would compromise values and ideals predicated on such constructs, and that the demands of citizenship trumped any benefit to the Muslim community that might accrue from torture.