Criminal Law and Criminology
Ismail Qamari; Nahid Moradizadeh
Abstract
Among the obligations of Islamic religion and Sharia, Hijab has become a mandatory law for females with diverse beliefs in our society besides its religious facet. In criminal law, freedom is different based on adopted criminal policy by each state relevant to delinquency. Based on Article 4 of the Constitution, ...
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Among the obligations of Islamic religion and Sharia, Hijab has become a mandatory law for females with diverse beliefs in our society besides its religious facet. In criminal law, freedom is different based on adopted criminal policy by each state relevant to delinquency. Based on Article 4 of the Constitution, the general policy of Iran's legal and social context must rely on Islamic codes; the legislator has placed Sharia wearing under legal (criminal) protection. The presuppositions based on state social responsibilities to protect structural values, their observance, and preserve social ethics as macro-principles, and belief in hijab preventive side of victimization in some crimes, awareness, and security provision in females as a psychological basis in wisdom foundations, prompted the legislator to link female hijab with criminal law. Through descriptive and analytical analysis, this article examined legal principles of criminal intervention for hijab through verses, traditions, and legal sources. Based on the results, hijab sharia ruling has a social entity examined by legal requirements. The essential basis for hijab in administrative law is recruitment regulations and relevant conditions, while non-hijab is a violation resulting in discretionary correction. Having no hijab is not inherently criminal in civil rights (under other criminal titles), and its criminal examination is incorrect with religious, political, and social outcomes. Accordingly, legal and judicial system of Islamic Republic of Iran should observe non-hijab as a social harm
