Conversion away from Islam is forbidden on pain of death. 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 […]
Sharia in action in Saudi Arabia: Rights activist faces apostasy charge, death penalty
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 […]
Hatred and Violence in the Qur’an Awareness Month: “Seize them and kill them wherever you find them”
Today’s hatred and violence in the Qur’an concerns the death penalty for apostasy: 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 […]
UN Human Rights Council elects as its VP Mauritania, where it’s legal to own slaves and illegal to leave Islam
CNS News adds: “Ruled by a former military coup leader, Mauritania is a North African Islamic state where conversion to another faith is punishable by death. The country”s criminal code provides for a three-day period of reflection and repentance for any Muslim found guilty of apostasy. ‘If he does not repent within this time limit,’ […]
Jakarta Chief Imam: Muslims who say that Muslims are free to choose their religion must repent
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 […]
Islam QA: Apostates from Islam and those who wage war verbally on Islam must be put to death
How odd that a site that purports to give answers about Islam from learned imams would so misunderstand Islam as to think that apostates from Islam and those who say something impermissible about Islam should be put to death. Of course, there is no real misunderstanding here, but that is what Islamic apologists in the […]
UK: Muslims to denounce Malala as apostate for standing up to Taliban
This will put the threat of being murdered over her head for the rest of her life. “Islamic hardliners announce fatwa on Malala Yousafzai,” by Rob Crilly in the Telegraph, November 19: British-based Islamic radicals are preparing to announce a fatwa on Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Pakistan Taliban, for her role […]
Somalia: Muslims behead convert 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. 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 […]
Malaysia: Muslim leader misunderstands Islam, says: “Islam has never advocated religious freedom as the believers should accept that the religion is the only truth”
But don’t be concerned. Imam Rauf, Daisy Khan, Zahra Balloo, Linda Sarsour, and Reza Aslan are at this very moment jetting to Petaling Jaya to set him straight about Islam’s tolerance and open-mindedness. “PAS Youth: No religious freedom for Muslims,” from The Star, November 11 (thanks to Twostellas): PETALING JAYA: Islam, according to PAS Youth […]
Ex-Muslim makes offer
To skeptics. As I have explained before, there have been steps taken to conceal her actual whereabouts, so as to forestall her being in physical danger. But these have in turn led to considerable skepticism. I would have ignored it, but she had a different idea. Read it here.