Contemporary Primary Sources :: Fatwās - Contemporary :: 24 Jumādā II 1426 / 29 July 2005
Indonesian Council of Ulama Fatwa No. 10 of 2005 on the Death Penalty for Certain Criminal Offences
Komisi Fatwa Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Posted by Daniel Peterson, 12 February 2016
This fatwa states that Islam recognises the death penalty and applies it to jarimah (criminal conduct) that warrants hudud, qishas (retaliatory) or ta'zir punishments. It also acknowledges that the state may execute perpetrators of certain criminal offences.