This is tantamount to painting a target on the backs of the people named, because 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.”
“Messages naming Blackburn Muslims as ‘leaving Islam’ slammed,” by Shuiab Khan, Lancashire Telegraph, March 7, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Messages naming people who have supposedly ‘left Islam’ have been described as ‘dangerous and malicious’ by community leaders in Blackburn.
A series of texts have been forwarded on WhatsApp amongst Muslims in Blackburn which name a number of people, who are accused of being ‘apostates’ – someone who renounces their religious or political beliefs.
The unsubstantiated claims, against men and women, go on to claim there will be ‘further revelations’ and names shared.
A Blackburn with Darwen councillor and Muslim scholar, who has seen the messages, said it was ‘extremely worrying’ for anyone named, and people should be wary before forwarding such claims.
An apostate from Islam is known as a ‘murtadd’ and in some less progressive parts of the world can lead to death threats.
A person’s right to take up – or renounce – a religion is enshrined in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration on Human Rights in Articles 18 to 21, which set out freedom of thought, opinion, expression, religion and conscience as fundamental freedoms.
These rights are also enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, of which the UK is a member.
One of the messages being circulated reads: “The parents are unaware at the time of writing this message.
“They have stated on multiple occasions they reject Islam and the prophet and identify themselves as ex-Muslims and have been like this for [more than five] years.
“They believe in astrology; that the planets, moon and stars control the affairs of humans.
“The reason for this message is not because they have left Islam but because they have been caught actively trying to spread their false beliefs, shirk and astrology on weaker individuals.
“Delusional as it may sound but they are trying to start a new religion.”
Another message accuses a further 16 people of having renounced their faith, as is their basic human right.
It also goes on to list relatives of those accused, and three of the major mosques in Blackburn with whom these ‘people are said to be associated with’….
England Invaded says
Any others than muzzis would be in court on charges.
They know what is likely to take place. They are actually encouraging harassment, violence and murder.
But then, that’s what they do routinely.
Again, just one of the endless problems which will never be solved while they are here.
Hudders. says
@England Invaded.
Good comment.
This is another of the ubiquitous examples of the steadily creeping psychological jihad being force fed to the politically blindfolded British public.
Drip by drip, the poisonous effluent discharge that is islam, is being introduced into the once clean social waters of the UK nation. Britain is in great danger from a vicious attacker & it gets worse daily.
Threats, intimidation, aggression are now common place on the streets, as each weekend sees yet another pro terrorist protest, where satanic slogans filled with hate are allowed to echo & the radical medevial minded animals who chant them do so, knowing there will be no punishment legally as the law looks on passively, having been hamstrug by their higher ups..
Be it in the capital city Londonistan, or in one of the many once beautiful towns & cities further north, whole areas have been infested with soldier age muslim males, who hate those who do not follow their death cult. Sharia is the only real law in these areas as gangs roam the street dishing out their special brand of islamic justice, to those they deem to have insulted their twisted teachings.
Heaven forbid you are a unaccompanied woman or vulnerable child in these areas.
The list is endless.
Sticking our heads in the proverbial sands to the endless problems you rightly mention, only exposes our deluded necks when the sword of islamic violence hits the British streets for real.
England Invaded says
Yes, it’s amazing what they’re allowed to say and do while others are silenced at every opportunity or worse. Even this commendable site has its limits for what can be said, although does infinitely more than most to let others have a say.
Nearly 700 coming to one town in England the near future.
They attack British people daily, kill them regularly, just as the BLM crowd do. This is accepted as normal now. Often hardly a peep from the media. Other way around (which is rare) headline news for decades.
Hudders. says
Exactly!
It is no mistake hundreds of military age males are being housed in old army barracks & bases.
Nor is it coincidence that they are being strategically placed at certain points/places around the UK either.
A perfidious plan is being played out under the public noses. The British wing of the caliphate is taking shape & dark days are ahead if things do not change very soon for good.
My deep fear is that eventually another terror attack is going to happen & many precious innocent lives will be lost or damaged by these desert dung scum jihadists.
It is heartbreaking that it is likely an event of this magnitude will likely open the public eyes once again to the menace of islam & the invading demons they have welcomed with open arms.
The multicultural trojan horse has turned rabid.
bill says
One Muslim travelled all the way from the South to the North of UK, not sure of the actual places
to murder a Muslim shopkeeper who wished somebody Merry Christmas. I think the victim was Amahdi which are not true belivers anyway according to mainstream Islam. So some ‘insane’ individual is probably going to murder somebody he thinks have left Islam.
Actually IMO anybody who thinks we are controlled by the stars and planets ie. astrology. needs to get a grip on reality, as that is even more hokum than the established religions and that is saying a lot.
Didisaythat says
It’s funny, not, the clerics, instead of saying “don’t engage in violene against suspected apostates” said, “it might be a mistake”, therefore condoning attacking verified apostates
SC says
So they are circulating death lists. Those on the list now have a natural right to defend themselves because the islamic owned london cops will never protect them while they are run by the pakistani.
Savvy Kafir says
In a sane world, those people would have a right to defend themselves. But in Britain, it’s illegal to own ANYTHING for the purpose of self defense.
tj says
astrology is bs. but its harmless
somehistory says
Except that so many believe it’s a good source of guidance and if they have power over others, using it.
FYI says
Congratulations to anyone who leaves islam:you have an excellent moral compass{you cannot think slavery,rape and beating women is ever ok}and good critical thinking skills{you have seen the ridiculous science errors in the koran?}
You havn’t done anything wrong:you have figured it out.
alah says he is “the Knower of ALL things” in koran 2;29 yet you see from ALL the errors in the koran that this is not true.
So does allah know ALL things?
NO
allah:an impersonator of the Biblical God who suffers from a LACK OF OMNISCIENCE.
It is impressive being an ex-muslim.I know it isn’t easy.The Golden Rule is a good place to start.
The Golden Rule is IMPOSSIBLE in islam due to koran 98:6:non-muslims are the WORST of created beings”
FYI says
Can the great “scholars” of islam explain..
Why allah stupidly thinks Christians worship THREE gods jesus the muslim version,allah and Mary{koran 5:116 Pickthall}?MARY!
How could allah have MISSED the Golden Rule?
{It is actually the MEANING of the law of Moses Matthew 7 v 12.strange allah missed THAT isn’t it?}
If allah gave the Scripture to Moses{koran 2:87}then how did allah MISS the entire contents of that scripture{i.e the Laws given to Moses}?
“Abraham was not a Jew” koran 3:67.So the key figure of the Jewish religion was not a Jew?Really?
oh scholars of islam:don’t forget to tell muslims to follow allah’s advice in koran 10:94 to consult the Bible people?Will you do that?Of course not.Then muslims will see you “scholars” have been lying to them for centuries and keeping them in ignorance and fear.Isn’t that why the Bible is banned in islamic countries?{YES!}After all allah CONFIRMS the Bible in koran 3:3and says to consult it koran 10:94 if in doubt about anything.
The laws of Moses in the Torah have not be changed.
You “holy men “of islam,now you wouldn’t be wanting to keep muslims in ignorance?{YES!}
koran 10:94 allah’s challenge….forget the scholars/imams…allah says you can check the sources:Torah,Gospel
somehistory says
Astrology is not a “new religion.” It was around in the ancient city of Babylon, for one.
Babylonian “wise men” as they were known, believed that every nation/kingdom/king had a certain star guiding it.
Thus the “wise men” who traveled to Jerusalem when they “saw His star while in the east and traveled (with kingly gifts) to visit Him.”
Even Nancy Reagan had her hand in it as she told her husband what he should/should not do when he began his Alzheimer’s decline in cognition. (she may have done so before then)
࿗Infidel࿘ says
What they should do is identify some of the most hardcore jihadists in UK, and then start spreading rumors about them themselves having left islam, and circulate it among their rivals in the community. It’ll be fun to have them take each other out. As opposed to innocent apostates, or even worse, local Christians, Jews and Hindus
James Lincoln says
Wow!
somehistory says
It’s common when watching old detective shows to hear the cops say they’ll put the word on the street that some lowlife has squealed/ratted on a larger rat in order to get the lowlife to give the cops what they want.
Your idea sounds close to that.
Walter Sieruk says
That’s a typical mindset for Muslim ,because of his religion, to scheme to kill or actually kill a person if he or she leaves Islam for another religion. I’m in my late 60’s and through the decades I never heard of Christians who want to murder someone if he or she turns away for Jesus and embraces a foreign religion , as Buddhism.
Islam surely is an intolerant tyrannical religion . So much so that this is a a blatant reminder of what on scholar of Islam had revealed in one of her books . Which exposes that “Control of human behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islamic ideology .” [1]
[1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, page 171.
Mike says
Walter: four hundred years ago, there was the death penalty for apostasy in a number of Christian branches (even if a person then converted to another kind of Christian church), but, as you have noted, that doesn’t apply to more recent times.
Of course, there may be some Christians who shun family members, friends or acquaintances who apostasize from their faith. For example, many Jehovah’s Witnesses will shun relatives or friends who leave the Watchtower Kingdom Hall.
Also, the Westboro Baptist Church in the U.S. shuns former members (who have mostly been family or extended family members).
However, even these Christian groups do not believe in murdering people simply for leaving the faith. Most Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists,Taoists or Confucians don’t believe in that either.
Didisaythat says
Hoever, four hundred years you woyld be put before a jury, albeit a religious one, not hacked to death on thestreets for the mere suspicion
Cam says
This is a new age of tyranny, watching Canada slowly fall.
Still so much ignorance & propaganda influencing perceptions of our future enslavers, the ‘religion of peace’, the elites & NAZIs behind WEF!
Tony Rice says
The question is “Why should Muhammad have made that law in the first place, or is it obvious . And surely those who issue lists of those who have ” seen the light ” are guilty of hate crime and inciting murderS. What so many tangled webs did Muhammad leave, or was it Allah? But I thought Allah is forgiving , or is that AFTER THE DEATH. Don’t forget IRAN has instructions re the size of stones to be used for stonings to death, ie not too small as to be non-effective and not too big so that death is not too quick, so we see, Allah IS considerate and forgiving. Btw, I read that whereas women are buried up to their necks, men only to the waist, so they can get out and escape. Islam of course, is NOT misogynist.
Kosh's Shadow says
Aren’t various DEI and other “understand Islam” programs having people say the Shahada?
That makes them Muslims and subject to death if they continue their previous religion.
Another form of creeping Islamization
Naja says
t’s all in astrology. These are tough times Because Mars is in Uranus.
In reality, The March of Islam has been fighting a “slow war” for 1400 years. They take one step forward and the West takes one step back. Perhaps it’s time for infidels to begin a more aggressive one step forward push? Sometimes you have to fight an aggressive wild fire, with fire? Perhaps two step forward and one step back makes progress, rather than regress?
Didisaythat says
Huh? Where’s my very measured comment about the difficulty having the conversation about religions and their different affects on people go? Disappointed!
Are only comments alliwedt on astroligy, hocus pocus, and the same “lines” over and over, do i have to put “kill”, “1400 years”, or “the fall of x country is imminent?”