Which Muslim countries do not practise the death penalty?

elburcher

The following Muslim Countries do NOT have a Capital Punishment Law on the books: Azerbaijan, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Senegal, Turkey, Turkmenistan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_death_penalty_worldwide Jun 25 06, 7:28 PM

davejacobs

I thought modern Turkey was a secular state. Do you mean by a Muslim country one that has over 50% of that faith, regardless of the constitution? Jun 26 06, 2:40 AM

elburcher

click on the link I listed first and it'll take you to the list of Countries I used. Jun 26 06, 1:04 PM

davejacobs

I see it says: "This is a list of countries which have a majority of Muslim people." Not the same as countries governed by Islamic Law, which does I think permit capital punishment. Jun 26 06, 1:21 PM

author

Cote d´Ivoire does not have a Muslim majority. Only ca.40% living in the north are Muslims. Jun 26 06, 5:03 PM

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