Legal mechanisms for protecting women from cybercrime: A comparative study between Libyan law and Islamic Sharia

Abstract

This study aims to clarify the mechanisms for protecting women from cybercrimes in light of Libyan law and Islamic Sharia, while also assessing the adequacy of these mechanisms in addressing contemporary digital challenges. This comes at a time of increasing cybercrime and the inadequacy of some legislation in providing adequate protection for victims of this type of crime. The study concluded that Islamic Sharia provides a comprehensive system for protecting women from cybercrimes, most notably the prohibition of slander and defamation, in addition to flexible discretionary punishments that allow the judge to determine the penalty in proportion to the severity of the crime.

The study also concluded that there is an urgent need to activate these principles through contemporary jurisprudential reasoning and codify them in modern legislation that keeps pace with technological development, thereby achieving effective protection for women in the digital environment.