Judge Muhammad Hassan Dashti said that Lydia faced an “uncertain future” and may spend “the rest of her life” in state care, but in the Islamic Republic of Iran, apparently that is preferable to the prospect of her being raised by Christians. “Christian converts’ adopted child to be removed from their care,” Article 18, September […]
Uganda: Muslim converts to Christianity, is beaten to death by his father and other relatives
Those who beat Jalilu Kamutono to death aren’t “extremists.” Apostasy carries the death penalty in Islamic law. This is 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 […]
Video: Pakistani ex-Muslim says ‘Dad threatened me for asking too many questions…No one knows I don’t believe’
“No one knows I don’t believe. When I questioned my family and friends about Islam, I got scary answers.”@halihali619, Pakistani #ExMuslim pic.twitter.com/ENCm6PEyE7 — ExMuslim TV (@ExMuslimTV) August 29, 2020 “ExMuslim TV is a short-video platform where we share our experience, support and inspire each other. Our non-profit platform is dedicated to giving a voice to […]
India: Muslims put up posters threatening to burn two Muslimas alive for performing Hindu ritual
As far as the Muslims who put up these posters are concerned, this is tantamount to apostasy, and apostasy carries the death penalty in Islamic law. This is 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 […]
‘We need more than ever to read the luminous and emancipatory work of Ibn Warraq’
Ibn Warraq, the pioneering and courageous ex-Muslim and peerless scholar of Islam, has published a new edition of his seminal work, Why I Am Not A Muslim. You can order it here. This is one of the most important works to have appeared in the last thirty years about jihad violence and Sharia oppression. It […]
Syria: Muslims demand Christian convert teacher turn over his school to them, arrest him for apostasy
“Mr Muhammad, who works as an English teacher and headmaster, refused the group’s orders to hand his school building over to them so they could turn it into an Islamic school.” That was an unconscionable display of effrontery from a man who, as far as the Muslims of Failaq al-Sham were concerned, should have submitted […]
Video: Robert Spencer on the dangers of leaving Islam, the Delhi riots, the origins of Islam, and more
Ex-Muslim Harris Sultan and I had this stimulating and comprehensive discussion on Wednesday.
Facebook bans page that shared videos of ex-Muslims discussing how they were persecuted for leaving Islam
As the US becomes increasingly totalitarian, only one point of view is allowed in the public square, and that point of view is warmly positive toward Islam, with no criticism allowed. Criticism of Islam is also banned in Sharia. “Facebook de-platforms page that shared videos of ex-Muslims talking about how they were persecuted after they […]
Ex-Muslim activist: ‘Islam targets all forms of critical thinking’
Nacer Amari is a Tunisian ex-Muslim who is facing deportation from Denmark despite the fact that he faces almost certain death in a majority-Muslim country. See the interview with him here. Note that what Nacer Amari says in this article is the same thing that non-Muslim analysts, including me, have been saying for years. We […]
Morocco: ‘Penal code holds that all Moroccans are Muslims, so converts to Christianity face threats’
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 […]