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Karadenizli · 1d

The Islamic justice system relies mainly on witness testimony as evidence. It makes no mention of self-authenticating evidence such as video or audio recordings (evidence where the mere existence of i...

halima @halimasamad 1777524284

This is an astute observation. I still don't think eye witness testimony should be the main piece of evidence is strong enough.

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nomadshiba⚡ · 1d

> the testimony and reputation framework

Karadenizli · 1d

I'm not saying we will specifically return to a system of only eye witness testimony. I'm saying that the age of self-authenticating evidence is over. Until recently, a video or audio recording was considered authentic on its own. It was an absolute source of truth, accepted prima facie. This era ...