Nashville: Muslim father, mother, brother in court for beating and spitting on boy for converting to Christianity

I told you this kind of thing would start happening in the U.S. But that idea was “Islamophobic.”

This boy was in serious danger. 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 Family in Tennessee to Appear in Court for Alleged Assault of Christian Son,” International Christian Concern, December 17, 2024:

12/17/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — A year ago this month, authorities arrested members of a Muslim family in Nashville, Tennessee, for allegedly assaulting their teenage family member for his conversion to Christianity. Now, the three family members are scheduled to appear in court on charges of child abuse and aggravated child abuse.

The victim’s parents, Rawaa Khawaji and Nick Kadum, and brother, John Kadum, were detained by Tennessee police on Dec. 11, 2023, for reportedly spitting on and beating their family member. All three are set to appear in court for an arraignment hearing on Jan. 8, 2025.

When police arrived at the victim’s home, the boy had “lumps on his face” and “appeared to have been ‘cut haphazardly,’” Fox News reported at the time.

Khawaji, the victim’s mother, has been charged with aggravated child abuse, a felony, and child abuse for allegedly attacking and injuring the boy’s hand with a knife. Nick Kadum, the father, and John Kadum, the boy’s brother, have both been charged with child abuse for allegedly hitting the boy. The victim alleges that both his parents and brother punched him and “spat in his face.”

According to Fox17 in Nashville, the teenage victim, who worked at a local McDonald’s, allegedly confided in a co-worker, known only as Michelle, about abuse happening at home. Michelle raised the alarm over the treatment of the boy, and authorities conducted a welfare check as a result.

“I kind of adopted him in my heart,” Michelle said. “And I knew about this problem because he had come to me before and said, ‘My mom put a knife to my throat, and she said if I don’t deny Jesus, she will kill me.’”…