The Christian and Islamic approach to law

Christians believe that God gave us divine laws and the means of discovering them. Christian law is based on GOd's unchanging character as an absolute foundation rather than on a foundation that evolves and changes over time based soley on societal concernes. Christian law ensures specific, absolute human rights that other worldviews that deny God's existence cannot gaurantee. CHristian human rights are based on specific duties prescribed in the Bible. God assigns us specific rights, we are responsilbr for obeying God and protecting our rights as well as the rights of others. In contrast to the CHristian worldview that affirms that GOd reveals His will and HImself, Islam holds that, "GOd has not revealed Himself and His nature, but rather His Law". The Islamic Hari'ah as classically expressed, defines five categories of human behavior: that which is commanded, recommended, indifferent, disapproved, and forbidden. THosses acts that are commanded are required or obligatory. Those acts that are recommended are deemed commendable, but are not required; although failure to do them is punishable. Those acts that are forbidden are prohibited, to do them is worthy of punishemnet. Those acts that are disapproved are discouraged to one degree or another, whild doing them is a result of punishment. And those acts that are indifferent are without either positive or negative consequences; neither doing them nor refusing them gains punishment or reward.Law can be discussed in isolation from other aspects of a worldview. In order to reatain personla freedom withing a society, its legal standards must have a solid legal system. ONly a biblicasl worldview provides a baasis for law that repsects both human dignity ( that w4e were created in GOd's image) and human depravity ( that we have fallen into sin). These are some ways in which Christianity and Islam view law