Misconceptions about corporal punishment in Islam
- Shafiq, Mohammed
- Munir, Akhtar
- Little, Sarah
1Department of Education & Psychology Kohat University of Science & Technology Kohat Pakistan
2Department of Social Work Kohat University of Science & Technology Kohat Pakistan
3 University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia
Correspondence Mohammed Shafiq, Department of Education & Psychology, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan. Email: [email protected]
Dr Mohammed Shafiq has a PhD in philosophy & culture from the University of Sunderland, UK. His PhD was on Islam and postmodernism. He is currently working as a lecturer in philosophy at the Department of Education & Psychology, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat Pakistan. His research interests are Muslim philosophy, postmodernism, philosophy of religion, philosophy of education and applied ethics.
Dr Akhtar Munir is a PhD in social work from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. His PhD thesis was on the practice and politics of corporal punishment in Schools. He is currently working as a faculty member at the Department of Social Work Kohat at the University of Science & Technology, Kohat Pakistan. He has an extensive experience of both as an academician and working with international humanitarian organizations His research interests are corporal punishment, social welfare and human rights.
Sarah Little holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Queensland where she majored in Psychology. She is also a member of the End‐User Advisory Group for the Parenting and Family Research Alliance (PAFRA). Sarah is a co‐facilitator of the Australian Youth Justice Action Circle, which is a national, multidisciplinary team of professionals advocating for early intervention programmes for families.
Received in revised form February 08, 2024
Received May 09, 2023
Accepted February 22, 2024
