Majeed Muttair Maseer Alkhafaji

Ignorance of the law and Sharia and their impact on criminal liability -

by Majeed Muttair Maseer Alkhafaji

Ignorance represents a psychological state based on the lack of knowledge of the criminal or Sharia legal rule. It may happen that a person, while in full possession of his mental faculties, and under the influence of ignorance, commits behavior prohibited by the criminal law. This ignorance may be about the basic elements that make up the crime or its financial or personal circumstances. It provides partial law that gives the behavior an illegal character.