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To accomplish this, we will a) review the theories and literature concerning the religion-crime relationship, b) discuss the meaning of the religiosity concept in order to highlight essential features of religiosity in Islam that make it a valuable force in crime control within a Muslim society, and c) present a thorough discussion of certain elements of Islamic ideology that constrain criminal behavior.
They consider religion to be the basis and source of social values and norms by which people are united and their behavior and activities are regulated (Durkheim 1951).
M. Al-Khalifah is an associate professor of sociology, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Within the criminological tradition, however, it has been the social control theorists who considered religion in their analysis of crime prevention.
The processes and mechanisms by which religiosity influences criminality are: a) the Islamic perception of law; b) the Islamic perception of crime; c) the Islamic perception of punishment; d) Islamic rituals and social cohesion; and e) other Islamic protective measures.
In this regard, Mursf (1413/1993) argues that there is no force in the social defence arena stronger than the actor's solid belief that the reward and the punishment for a given conduct is related, first of all, to God. In a more general sense, there can be no separation between law and religion in Islam, as pointed out by Gibb (1949).