Islamic Criminal Policy concerning Sexual Crimes

In the Islamic criminal policy, the prohibited behavioral area in sexual affairs is mush more limited than what that is spoken of by the opponents of this policy. Based on a moderate and realistic view to the sexual instinct and accepting it as a necessary, but indomitable and unsatisfiable,thing in individual and social life, the Islamic criminal policy has adopted an instructive and guiding approach to it. Thus, to regulate sexual behaviors according to laws and rules, it has elaborated various plans to guide the sexual instinct in the way to happiness of individual and society, elevate individual's threshold of resistance against sexual attractions as well as things which excite sexual instinct, and make obstacles against those who may commit sexual crimes, which play important roles to prevent sexual crimes.