Aggression and Individual Criminal Responsibility in the perspective of Islamic Law

Abstract

Under international Islamic criminal law, the crime of aggression may define as inaction or action that indirectly or directly jeopardizes another state’s security utilizing ideological conflicts, independence jurisdiction, and military invasions. This article will discuss the individual responsibility for their crimes under international Islamic criminal law and how individuals will be held responsible for their criminal activities prohibited by Islamic law. The article will also attempt to discuss the Quranic verses and Hadith Nabawi (Saw) regarding the crime of aggression, protection of non-combatants, and particularly where an illegal war, i.e., an aggressive war, has been conducted against other state territories. The qualitative research methodology has been applied to the following article.