Protecting the Right to Privacy in Public Places From the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence

Abstract

The world has witnessed universal technological innovation that allows everyone to use technology. With the social media influx, the culture of excitement has penetrated deeply into society without paying much attention to people's privacy. This imposed the conduct of a study on the protection of privacy rights in public areas to establish a legal foundation for protecting the right to privacy, clarify the basis for granting protection to the right to confidentiality, and determine the exceptions to the protection of privacy rights in public areas. The research relied on the inductive-analytical approach and was organised into four sections. The source of Islamic jurisprudence is replete with texts which necessitate respect for privacy in public places. The study suggests raising public knowledge to deal with individuals' privacy in public places, emphasizing legislative texts that mandate respect for this right, and enacting punitive sanctions proportional to the extent to which people.