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 […]
Uganda: Muslim woman converts to Christianity, her father kills her on the same day
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 […]
Uganda: Muslim cleric converts to Christianity, Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ destroy church and pastor’s house
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 […]
Sudan: Couple faces lashes for ‘adultery’ after marriage is annulled due to husband’s conversion to Christianity
Islamic law stipulates that a marriage of two Muslims is annulled if one or both of them leaves Islam. All that is required is a waiting period to see if they will return to the faith (see Reliance of the Traveller, m.7.4). So according to Islamic law, this couple is not married, and hence is […]
European Court of Human Rights acknowledges that converts to Christianity face persecution in Pakistan
If the European Court of Human Rights ever started investigating why exactly Christians are persecuted in Pakistan, it might be moved to pressure European Union officials to end their mass Muslim migration policies. But that’ll never happen. “European Court of Human Rights: ‘Christians [sic] Converts Are Persecuted in Pakistan,’” by Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter, April […]
India: Man renounces Islam, Muslims threaten him and try to abduct him
If they had succeeded in abducting him, he likely would have been 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 […]
Uganda: Muslima becomes Christian, says ‘my husband beat and cut me with a long knife’ on Easter
What would move a husband to beat and knife his wife? One source of incitement is Islam’s death penalty for apostasy, plus the sanction given to beating disobedient women in the Qur’an and Sunnah. “Young Mother Knifed on Easter for Becoming Christian,” Morning Star News, April 24, 2022: NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A […]
Islamic Republic of Iran gives converts to Christianity five years prison for ‘deviant propaganda’
These converts are getting off easy: Shi’ite Islam, like Sunni Islam, prescribes the death penalty for apostasy: Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahíh (correct) hadith from `Ammãr as-Sãbãti who said: I heard (Imam) Abu `Abdullãh (as-Sãdiq) (a.s.) saying, “A Muslim from among the Muslims who renounces Islam and rejects the prophethood of Muhammad and considers him […]
Uganda: Islamic school chief becomes Christian, Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ beat and burn him
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 […]
Uganda: Muslim sheikh becomes Christian, his Muslim relatives and neighbor poison him
“O you who believe, do not choose your fathers or your brothers for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoever among you takes them for friends, such people are wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 9:23) “It is not for the prophet and those who believe to pray for the forgiveness of idolaters, even though […]