Every now and then, the question of 'hudud', the capital punishment in Islamic Syariah law, rears its head in Malaysia's socio-political environment. It brings up varying emotions from advocates and protagonists alike. <br /> <br />At the moment, Syariah law in the country does not include criminal punishment -- that comes under the Federal Constitution and the penal code. Some Muslims feel that the entire spectrum of the Islamic legal system should be implemented and enforced upon Muslims. <br /> <br />Its detractors say it would be un-Constitutional in the context of the present Constitution. <br /> <br />Is Syariah criminal law implementable and enforceable in the present day in accordance with the manner the Prophet pbuh, enforced it? <br /> <br />In Islamic penal law, there are four types: <br /> <br />From WiKi: <br />Hudood (hudud) is one of four categories of punishment in Islamic Penal Law: <br />Qisas - meaning retaliation, and following the biblical principle of "an eye for an eye." <br />Diyya - compensation paid to the heirs of a victim. In Arabic the word means both blood money and ransom. <br />Hudud - fixed punishments <br />Tazir - punishment, usually corporal, administered at the discretion of the judge
