Ask Islam: Correction and Rehabilitation

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Can Islam justify the use of spying for one's country, and if so, why is the punishment for spying so severe?

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If Pakistan had been a true Islamic state, what would have been the punishment for false accusations?

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Is amputation of a thief's hand the Islamic punishment for theft?

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What is the Islamic punishment for theft and adultery?

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If somebody is murdered, what are the Islamic teachings concerning forgiveness?

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The author of a book I read about Islam says one of the hurdles for the European acceptance of Islam is the Islamic penal code. Do feel that the Muslim community has reached a level of understanding so that the penal code of Islam can be modified?

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Could the Quranic injunction of severing a thief's hand be interepreted metaphorically as imprisonment?

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Did Muhammad sentence adulterers to death by stoning after the revelation of the Quranic verse prescribing flogging as the punishment (24:3)?

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In regard to the Quranic statement that says: "Remember that the recompense of an injury is an injury of the like thereof, but whosoever forgives and thereby brings about an improvement, his reward is with Allah. Surely He loves not the wrongdoers (42:41)," is Montgomery Watt correct in his deduction that to "forgive" means to accept compensation?

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Have youth members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had problems with the police and, if so, how should the community treat them?

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Do you think that a mass murderer should be jailed for life or given the death penalty?

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Why are certain punishments in Shariah Law so severe, such as the cutting of a hand for stealing?