Muhammad said: “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. The Tafsir al-Qurtubi, a classic and thoroughly mainstream exegesis of the Qur’an, says this about Qur’an 2:217: “Scholars disagree about whether or not apostates are […]
Interfaith outreach in Iran: Converts to Christianity arrested as they celebrated Christmas
“Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013 So these Iranian Christians have no friend, no protector, and no spokesman. “Iranian […]
Egypt: Noted convert from Islam to Christianity arrested and likely tortured
Bishoy Armia Boulos “Security forces claimed that Boulous was contributing to a ‘false image’ that there is violence against Christians in Minya.” Of course. Who you gonna believe, kuffar? Me, or your lying eyes telling you that Muslims are torching a church? In Islamic law, dhimmis forfeit their “contract of protection” if they dare to […]
Wife of Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran devastated after Obama makes no attempt to secure his release
Human rights? Pah! He’s an apostate from Islam! “Wife of imprisoned pastor says family devastated after Iran deal fails to secure his release,” from FoxNews.com, November 25: The wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini says she and her family are devastated after learning that the Obama administration did not try to secure the release […]
Malaysia: Columnist accuses Muslim group of defamation for saying she supports the freedom to leave Islam
Marina: Call me a moderate and I’ll sue “The leaflets also slammed Comango for calling for the freedom to renounce Islam; the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) rights; the removal of Malay privileges; the freedom to embrace Syiah [Shia] teachings; and the right for Catholics to refer to God as ‘Allah’, among […]
Imam converts to Christianity, father holds knife to him and threatens to kill him, builds gravestone for him in Muslim cemetery
The courageous Mario Joseph Muhammad said: “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. So Joseph’s father was just being pious, you greasy Islamophobe. “Imam embraces Christianity,” from Pravoslavie, November 15 (thanks to Filip): The […]
Sudan: Muslim relatives of convert from Islam to Christianity burn his house down
Islamic law mandates that those who leave Islam must be killed. So Moses’s relatives must be “moderates.” “Sudan: Christian Holds on to his Faith despite Persecution,” from the Christian Post, November 13 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): In Sudan the atmosphere for Christians is becoming increasingly dangerous. Since the secession of South Sudan, the […]
Iran jails woman who converted from Islam to Christianity
Muhammad said: “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. But Mariam Naqqash was only given four years in prison, thus proving that the Iranian regime really is made up of “moderates,” as has been […]
Afghan MP: Converts from Islam to Christianity are “an offense to Islamic Laws and according to the Quran they need to be executed”
Muhammad said: “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. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam […]
Iran: Convert from Islam to Christianity gets 10 years prison
According to Muhammad’s command and Islamic law, he should be executed. Ten years in an Iranian prison may be a slow-motion way of accomplishing just that, or it may be that the Iranians want to show the world that they’re not as bad as those Sunni Wahhabis, etc. In any case, it is noteworthy that […]