The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion. Those who are forced […]
‘He commanded us to believe in Allah or they will kill us’: Uganda Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ kill Christian
“Tambika’s father had mentored his son in how to share the gospel, and area Muslims began monitoring Tambika’s movements after he led five teenage Muslims to Christ…” That is what likely led to the murder of Dante Tambika. Islamic law forbids proselytizing for another religion and conversion to another religion, on pain of death. “Muslim […]
September 4, 1990: Ex-Muslim Mufti Murdered in Turkey
(Originally published on Israel Hayom under the title “Choosing between freedom and Islamism”, on August 26, 2014.) The book you are holding in your hand is a book of a new era marked for a more beautiful world. It is obvious that a more beautiful world cannot be achieved without a freer world. And […]
Uganda: Muslim relatives of Islamic teacher who became Christian hire killers to bury him alive in large ant mound
This cruelty and barbarity is all justified by what Muslims consider to be sacred texts. 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 […]
Uganda: Muslim father of convert to Christianity kills his son for refusing to return to Islam
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 father poisons daughter, beats her unconscious for leaving Islam and marrying Christian
The death penalty for apostasy is the official position of all Islamic schools of jurisprudence. It comes from the Hadith in which Muhammad is depicted as saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57) Barbarism against apostates is therefore rampant across the Muslim world. It didn’t even matter to Hajira Namusobya’s Muslim […]
Pakistan: Sunni Muslims target Ahmadi in drive-by shooting amid spike in persecution of Ahmadis
Sheikh Nasir Ahmad was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Pakistan because he is from the Ahmadiyya community. The targeting of the Ahmadis in Pakistan and elsewhere is as brutal as the persecution of infidels and apostates, because they are considered heretics in Islam, as is every Muslim group that doesn’t follow normative Islamic […]
Uganda: Muslim converts to Christianity, his brother attacks him with a machete
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 […]
Algeria: Christian gets prison, heavy fine for engaging in activities ‘which aim to undermine the faith of a Muslim’
How brittle and insecure the faith of the Muslims in question must be, if it has to be protected with these draconian punitive measures. “Christian in Algeria Sentenced to Prison, Heavy Fine,” Morning Star News, July 9, 2021: TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A judge in Algeria on Thursday (July 8) sentenced a Christian […]
Uganda: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ burn Christian to death for preaching to Muslims
No one seems to mind. After all, Pastor Isima Kimbugwe was violating Islamic law’s prohibition on proselytizing on Muslims, and was arguably engaging in “Islamophobic” activity. So why should the international media and human rights organizations care about what happened to him? “Islamic Extremists Burn Pastor to Death in Uganda,” Morning Star News, July 6, […]