The adverse effects of the 2nd World War led to the international call for the universalisation of democracy and respect for human rights. Human rights and civil society groups singled out death penalty as cruel and inhuman practise which the member states of the United Nations were still practicing. There has been a political global trend rather than social, religious and economic that calls for the abolition of the death penalty. This drive has been inconsiderate of the different diversities that are prevalent within the indiviudal states most especially the Muslim World that it could not be implemented without trespassing on Islamic law. There is need for mutual cooperation between the retentionists and abolitionists countries in their areas of convergence and respect for each other‟s‟ beliefs in their areas of divergence. This paper therefore analyses the international move to have the world free of death penalty in relation to the teachings of Islam
