Note how persecution becomes a labor-saving device in this story, as it is in the broader treatment of apostasy in Islam, where punishments can include the death penalty by Muhammad’s own decree. When clerics could not convince Thabet to recant, they called in state security. It is much easier to dispose of such cases in […]
Red Cross neglects Afghan employee arrested for converting from Islam to Christianity
Short-sighted and ultimately suicidal dhimmitude. “Red Cross Neglects Arrested Afghan Employee for Converting to Christianity,” from International Christian Concern, December 14 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Washington, D.C. (December 14, 2010) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Red Cross in Afghanistan (ICRC) has not intervened on behalf of a long-term employee who was […]
Somali girl tortured, murdered by her family for leaving Islam
More Misunderstanders of Islam fail to realize what Islamic apologists in the West always tell us: that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, and forbids honor killing. “Somali Teenage Girl Shot to Death for Embracing Christ,” from Compass Direct News, December 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): NAIROBI, Kenya, December 3 (CDN) […]
Afghanistan: Two converts from Islam to Christianity risk the death penalty
Islamic apologists in the U.S. routinely deny that Islamic law mandates that apostates from Islam be murdered. Unfortunately for the apostates, the facts are otherwise. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and supreme example of conduct for the Muslim (cf. Qur’an 33:21), said: “Whoever changes his Islamic religion, then kill him.” (Bukhari 9.84.57) The Tafsir al-Qurtubi, […]
Algeria to try four converts from Islam to Christianity for “illegally opening a place of worship”
Persecuting converts to Christianity is ongoing in Algeria, but it could be worse: since Islamic law actually calls for such people to be murdered, and Algerian authorities are instead just doing their best to make their lives miserable, those authorities qualify as bona fine “moderates.” Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Maghreb: “Four accused of violating […]
Iran to execute Christian pastor, a former Muslim, for apostasy
Islamic apologists in the U.S. routinely deny that Islamic law mandates that apostates from Islam be murdered. Unfortunately for the apostates, the facts are otherwise. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and supreme example of conduct for the Muslim (cf. Qur’an 33:21), said: “Whoever changes his Islamic religion, then kill him.” (Bukhari 9.84.57) The Tafsir al-Qurtubi, […]
Spencer: No Freedom of Conscience for Afghans, Mr. Obama?
In Human Events this morning I discuss the latest apostasy trial in Afghanistan, and its implications: Afghan Interior Ministry intelligence authorities have arrested an Afghan citizen, Said Musa, for apostasy – converting from Islam to Christianity, in yet another case that raises serious questions about what the U.S. is hoping to accomplish in Afghanistan, and […]
Afghanistan: Convert from Islam to Christianity faces capital trial for apostasy
Said Musa faces death for apostasy from a government the U.S. installed and in accordance with a Constitution that the U.S. endorsed. An update on this story. “Afghan Christian faces trial for alleged conversion from Islam,” by Matiullah Mati for CNN, November 21 (thanks to Mackie): An Afghan Christian, detained for months for allegedly converting […]
Iran: Christian pastor accused of apostasy to die by hanging
Islamic apologists in the U.S. routinely deny that Islamic law mandates that apostates from Islam be murdered. Unfortunately for the apostates, the facts are otherwise. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and supreme example of conduct for the Muslim (cf. Qur’an 33:21), said: “Whoever changes his Islamic religion, then kill him.” (Bukhari 9.84.57) The Tafsir al-Qurtubi, […]
Afghanistan: Convert from Islam to Christianity arrested, tortured, faces trial for apostasy
But wait! I thought all the learned analysts had assured us that there is no death penalty for apostasy in Islam! Isn’t that right, Mr. Kruse? Abdul Rahman? “Mossa’s day in court,” by Mindy Belz in World Magazine, November 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): For more than a decade, the second Sunday […]