Unit 3- Lesson 4: The Death Penalty

Question 1

Evangelical Christian views on the death penalty- Do they support Capital punishment (death penalty). State a quote that proves your answer.

Answer 1

Yes they do as they follow the quote: ‘an eye for an eye’

Question 2

Evangelical Christian views on the death penalty- What 3 purposes of punishment do Evangelicals believe capital punishment represents?

Answer 2

Justice, retribution and deterrence.

Question 3

Quaker Christian views on the death penalty- Do they accept the death penalty? State a quote that proves your answer.

Answer 3

The death penalty goes against the sanctity of life and is therefore wrong.
- ‘If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.’ Matthew 5:39

Question 4

Liberal Muslim views on the death penalty- Do they believe the death penalty is right?

Answer 4

Nope. They say it’s out of date and it was appropriate 1000 years ago but not anymore.

Question 5

Liberal Muslim views on the death penalty- What’s the risk of the death penalty that liberal Muslims find too great?

Answer 5

As the death penalty goes against the sanctity of life, the risk of an innocent being executed is too great.

Question 6

Liberal Muslim views on the death penalty- What is an acceptable alternative for the death penalty that Liberal Muslims accept?

Answer 6

Life in prison (it allows them a chance to seek Allah’s forgiveness).

Question 7

Conservative Muslim views on the death penalty- What does Shariah Law state about the death penalty? State a quote to prove your answer.

Answer 7

Certain crimes like murder should be punished by the death penalty.
- ‘Nor take life- which God has made sacred, except for a just cause’ Quran 17:33

Question 8

Conservative Muslim views on the death penalty- What do conservative Muslims believe the death penalty protects?

Answer 8

Ummah (society/Islamic community)