Sheikh Musyoya Anasi and his wife are in danger of being killed.
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence.
This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: “The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they differ as to determining the kind of punishment to be inflicted upon them. The majority of them, including the four main schools of jurisprudence (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, and Hanbali) as well as the other four schools of jurisprudence (the four Shiite schools of Az-Zaidiyyah, Al-Ithna-‘ashriyyah, Al-Ja’fariyyah, and Az-Zaheriyyah) agree that apostates must be executed.”
Qaradawi also once famously said: “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment, Islam wouldn’t exist today.”
“Muslim Villagers Destroy Church Building and Pastor’s House,” Morning Star News, May 17, 2022:
NAIROBI (Morning Star News) – Muslims furious that an Islamic leader and his wife put their faith in Christ destroyed a pastor’s house and church building in eastern Uganda on May 6, sources said.
After Sheikh Musyoya Anasi and his wife accepted Christ the morning of May 6, that same afternoon Muslims wielding machetes and clubs in Malakachomo village, Kibuku District burned and demolished the Malakachomo Revival Church of God building and the home of Pastor Wilberforce Naaya, the pastor said.
Church members had visited the home of Anasi at 9 a.m. and prayed for his wife after learning she had been sick for two years. After prayer for healing, Anasi said, she immediately rose and asked for food.
“She had been suffering from acute pain in her throat that made her not able to swallow dry food, as well as from an inflamed breast – she could only take liquid food,” Anasi told Morning Star News. “After the prayers, she requested some cooked bananas, which was prepared and eaten with ease. The breast inflammation was reduced. These miracles led me and my wife to give our lives to Jesus as Lord and Savior.”
Muslim and Christian neighbors overheard their jubilation and came to see what was taking place at the sheikh’s house.
“A few members from the mosque arrived, and also Christians, and I explained to them what had happened in the presence of the evangelistic team from the church,” Anasi said. “After having tea, they left.”
He later went to the church for afternoon worship, and at 4 p.m. worshipers saw a Muslim mob in the distance, said Pastor Naaya.
“They were carrying machetes, clubs, sticks and marching towards our church building while chanting ‘Allah akbar! Allah akbar! Allah akbar! [God is greater]’ slogan,” Pastor Naaya told Morning Star News. “We quickly left the church, because we knew we were in danger for having a sheikh pray with us and quickly rang the police.”
A Christian neighbor who had been among the visitors to Anasi’s home to hear why he and his wife were celebrating said that the Muslim visitors had gone to the mosque to inform the imam.
“As we left the home of the sheikh, some of my Muslim neighbors were not happy about the conversion of the sheikh and the wife to Christianity,” said the church member, whose name is withheld. “Some were even saying that they were going to report the incident in the mosque, since it was a Friday prayer day for the Muslims.”
An hour after seeing the Muslim mob in the distance, the pastor and others saw smoke rising from the church building….
Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.
PMK says
Uganda’s constitution may protect religious freedom, but of what use is the rule of law when Muslims don’t respect law that contradicts Islam? Will Uganda prosecute those who committed these acts of violence? Probably not. Uganda may be 12% Muslim now, but that rate will surely rise.
James Lincoln says
PMK says,
“…what use is the rule of law when Muslims don’t respect law that contradicts Islam?”
Very true.
Makes me think of an analogy:
What use is the rule of law when Democrats don’t respect the law that contradicts leftism?
mortimer says
Islam and Western modern Leftism are both forms of authoritarian fascism, so they get along … for now. When either one of them becomes dominant, it will suppress the other.
gravenimage says
Uganda: Muslim cleric converts to Christianity, Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ destroy church and pastor’s house
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Are Ugandan authorities doing *anything* to protect their own people? Not much that I’ve heard.
mortimer says
And Western Leftards still refuse to admit that murdering apostates is NORMATIVE Islam, rather than an aberration.
Mohammed commands the killing apostates, promises reward:
When I relate to you the words of Mohammed, by Allah, I would rather die than bear false witness to his teachings. However, if I should say something unrelated to the prophet, then it might very well be a lie so that I might deceive my enemy. Without question, I heard Mohammed say, “In the final days before Redemption there will emerge groups of foolish youths who will say all the right things but their faith will go no further than their mouths and will flee from their religion like an arrow. So, kill the apostates wherever you find them, because whoever does so will be rewarded on Judgment Day.” -Sahih Bukhari 9,84,64
Rafael says
Thank you for the reference, Mortimer. I’m a proud apostate from Islam. I know how evil this religion can be. It’s treating women as if they are worth less than animals is an example of how humanity can go backwards even if they are improved in age. Any Muslim with conscience would left this religion after thinking for themselves and reading the texts in their native languages. Treatment of apostates from Islam and others who doubt Islam really saddens me. I think I’m one of those “foolish youth” who flee from Islam like an arrow. The one thing that life-destroyer guessed right.