SEXUAL OFFENCES A COMPARATIVE TEXTUAL FOUNDATIONS

Every human society attempts to control sexual behavior since sex represents a rich source of conflicts that can disrupt orderly social processes. Human sexuality is too powerful and explosive a force for any society to allow its members complete sexual freedom. Some limits must be imposed, some rules agreed upon and some enforcement mechanisms devised to implement the observance of the rules. Throughout the ages communities have used various combinations of law, religion and morality to achieve control. Not surprisingly, the regulation of sexuality has been a central feature of virtually every known leg system. This book focuses on the area of divine law relating to sexual crimes. Chapter IIt begins with the brief history of law relating to sexual crimes, then chapter 2it speaks about the religious perspectives on sexual crimes. Chapter 3 gives an introduction to Islamic law, which is called “Shariah” in Arabic. The definition of Shariah, its sources and the types of punishment and its exceptions are briefly explained sohat it may help the readrs to understand the whole idea of this book more clearly and lastlyit chapter 4 and 5 explains on sexual crimes under the Islamic penalogy, such as, introduces and elaborates various types of sexual crimes in Islamic law such as the law of zina (illicit sexual intercourse), the law of rape, the law of marital rape, the law of sodomy, the law of bestiality and their punishments.