Islamic apologists in the West routinely claim that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy. Unfortunately, misunderstanders of Islam abound in large numbers, and for some reason they cannot shake the notion that Islam does mandate death for those who are considered to have left the faith. Why do they persist in this misunderstanding? Maybe it’s because Muhammad commanded: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: “The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they differ as to determining the kind of punishment to be inflicted upon them. The majority of them, including the four main schools of jurisprudence (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi`i, and Hanbali) as well as the other four schools of jurisprudence (the four Shiite schools of Az-Zaidiyyah, Al-Ithna-`ashriyyah, Al-Ja`fariyyah, and Az-Zaheriyyah) agree that apostates must be executed.”
There is only disagreement over whether the law applies only to men, or to women also – some authorities hold that apostate women should not be killed, but only imprisoned in their houses until death.
“Convert from Islam in Uganda, Former Sheikh, Says Muslim Relatives Poisoned Him,” by Jeremy Reynalds for Assist News, April 9 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in a village in eastern Uganda last week tried to poison him to death, the Christian told Morning Star News.
According to a story by Morning Star News, Hassan Muwanguzi, who lost his wife and job as a schoolteacher shortly after his conversion in 2003, was hospitalized on March 31 in Mbale. That was after an aunt who called a family gathering in Kadimukoli village, Budaka District, put insecticide in his tea, he said.
“After eating and taking tea, I started feeling stomachache, then I realized that she was the one responsible for it – and I believe she did not do it alone, since they have been hunting for me directly and indirectly, because when I left them and converted to Christianity it pained them so much,” Muwanguzi said in an email.
He added, “The reason they want to kill me is very clear – it is because of being a convert to Christianity; above all, to them it is like I brought shame by converting, as a (former) sheikh. But to God the Almighty Father, this was His plan for me to expand His Kingdom.”
A physician who treated him, identified only as Dr. Rashid, told Morning Star News that the substance Muwanguzi ingested was possibly diazinon. That’s an organic acid used in insecticides, as his condition slightly improved under atropine, the antidote for diazinon.
“When Hassan Muwanguzi was brought in to our clinic, he was not able to take in food, including liquids, as he had vomiting with abdominal cramps,” Morning Star News reported Dr. Rashid said.
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He added, “He had to be given (intravenous) drips. He looked confused with slurred speech. His vision was getting very poor, and he could not even recognize the friend who brought him in.”
Doctors immediately suspected diazinon or other organophosphates used for pest control, he said.
“We had to treat him with atropine drugs, which led to his improvement,” Dr. Rashid said.
The doctor recommended a more specialized diagnosis at a larger hospital in Kampala, but Muwanguzi, who left the hospital on April 7, said he cannot afford it.
“We left yesterday in the evening hours due to lack of funds for treatment,” Muwanguzi said. “I appeal to all brothers and sisters in the Lord to help me and send us some funds so I can I pay the medical bills and also to finish the treatment, because if I fail to continue and finish the treatment, then I may die and my family will perish.”
A pastor close to Muwanguzi agreed that he needed further treatment.
“He needs to be taken to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala for more diagnosis to ascertain the extent of the poison in his blood,” said Bishop James Kinyewa….
Rezali Mehil says
All,
I don’t believe a word of this story. The likelihood is that the man was tending to his own garden with pesticide before having tea with her family at his auntie’s house.
If the whole family were there…did they all know WHICH cup of tea was laced and which was not?
If they all know the likelihood would be that one of them would stop such a heinous crime…the aunt would not have got away with it.
If only the auntie knew then …she would not get away with it …why? Well you all know what lazy dogs aunties are.
Like ALL my aunties, they ALWAYS ask someone else to make the tea, and someone else to dish it out….those shiites never do any work. So if the auntie DID start to make it and dish it out herself …no one would drink it …everyone would think …”smell a rat here”.
TIP: Never trust a cup of tea made and served by your auntie….
More Later….
Rezali
CogitoErgoSum says
You are indeed an unfortunate person, Rezali. I have had nearly a dozen aunts during my lifetime….some are still living and some are now dead. Each one treated me with care and affection and each one was a good cook. Not a single one of them ever tried to poison me…..but then all were kind and gentle Christian ladies. Not a a Muslim among them. Guess I was just lucky in that regard and you were not……..or something like that.
Angemon says
One of the regular obfuscating wannabe-taqqyia artists posted:
“The likelihood is that the man was tending to his own garden with pesticide before having tea with her family at his auntie’s house.”
How likely was that? What are you basing your “likelihood” on?
“If the whole family were there…did they all know WHICH cup of tea was laced and which was not?”
Do you know for a fact that he wasn’t handed over the poisoned cup of tea? He stated he believed his aunt didn’t do it alone, so…
“If they all know the likelihood would be that one of them would stop such a heinous crime…the aunt would not have got away with it.”
Hmmm, again misusing the term “likelihood”. It doesn’t mean what you think it means. He stated his family wanted him dead for converting out of islam. He said, and i quote, “they have been hunting for me directly and indirectly“. Why would the people who want him dead and have been trying to kill him stop an attempt on his life? Did you even read before replying?
“Like ALL my aunties, they ALWAYS ask someone else to make the tea, and someone else to dish it out….”
So, do you know this man’s family to say that it’s just like your family?
“TIP: Never trust a cup of tea made and served by your auntie….”
Sucks to be in your family.
Rezali Mehil says
Assalamau Laikum Angemon
….this whole story stinks….Look at his statement….
“they have been hunting for me directly and indirectly“.
So why the hell would you then go and mix with the whole family for “tea”.
Are you thick or what?…why go?
No he clearly trusted his family ….
More Later….
Rezali
Rob Crawford says
Why do you feel compelled to lie? Islam mandates death for apostasy — this is a simple fact.
Do Muslims lie about the tenets of their faith because they’re ashamed of them?
Angemon says
The spinster posted:
“Assalamau Laikum”
As-Saamu alaikum
(I have no idea of what that means, years ago on a islamic website that was the standard response to my greet of assalamau laikum, so i guess it’s halal)
“So why the hell would you then go and mix with the whole family for “tea”.
Are you thick or what?…why go?
No he clearly trusted his family ….”
Maybe – and try to stay focused, this bit may be hard for you to follow – he was trying to set things up with his family so that they would stop trying to kill him. I’d say not living in constant fear for your life is worth discussing over a cup of tea, wouldn’t you? Whatever the motive of the “family gathering” was (discussing his “situation”, reading of a will, chimichanga night, etc), he felt compelled to go. And if it’s between that or ingesting pesticides while attending to his garden, i’d say Occam’s Razor rules out the garden hypothesis.
The family was there, so if all agreed to say to the authorities that he died of, let’s say, a hearth attack, would the authorities perform an autopsy or just rule it out as natural causes? No, the more you look at it, the more it sounds like a premeditated attempt on his life.
Islamisdeath says
Of course you dont believe it how could you he is a Christian worse yet he left the death cult to become a Christian and besides you could never believe a Christian over one of your fellow cultists.
popo says
weather the story is right or not the punishment in Islam for apostasy is death .Period. If the law of the land doesn’t have such penalties ,people will take matters into their own hands . That is typical Muslim community behavior .
Jay Boo says
LISEME
Say It
Champ ✿ says
TIP: Never trust a cup of tea made and served by your auntie…
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BETTER TIP: Never trust a muslim. Period.
bobm says
ERGO SCUM: spew much?
CogitoErgoSum says
Hi Bob…..did I hit a nerve….or something?
Defcon 4 says
If the truth gets your burkha in a bunch maybe you need to look into a new religion, or maybe none at all. Maybe you could try thinking outside your islamic box and try something else for a change.
Salah says
“Uganda: Sheikh converts to Christianity”
Islam is dying, especially in Africa and Asia.
“..the number of Catholics in Africa has increased from one million in 1902 to 330 million in the year 2000” (sheikh Al-Qataani)
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2010/05/dying-islam-lislam-mourant.html
RodSerling says
Salah,
“Islam is dying” in Africa? Where’s your data showing a decline in Africa in (a) the absolute number of Muslims, and (b) the percentage of the total population that is Muslim?
I’ll ask the same for Asia: Where’s your data?
Pew projects that the Muslim population in Africa will increase in absolute numbers and slightly in percentage. They also project an increase in the Muslim percentage of the population in the Asia-Pacific region.
http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population
Salah says
““Islam is dying” in Africa? Where’s your data…”
I don’t have any, Muslims do. Check the link above.
P.S. Forget about Pew, will you? just google “Pew poll bias”
RodSerling says
Salah,
You are playing games, going from thread to thread making irresponsible and unsubstantiated claims. Your video contains a Muslim sheikh making a bunch of claims. So what?
1. Where are the references to credible reports from credible sources to support your claim that Islam is dying in Africa?
2. Where is your evidence that the Pew figures and projections are incorrect?
The Pew numbers are not made up out of thin air. Here are some their sources:
http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/future-of-the-global-muslim-population-appendix-b/
RodSerling says
Another demographic source suggests the overall Muslim population in Africa will increase from 24.86% in 2010 to 26.01% in 2020.
http://www.ijesd.org/papers/27-D436.pdf
RodSerling says
correction: The respective estimates for the percentage of Muslims in Africa in 2010 and 2020 respectively, in Table 9, are 42.06% and 41.48%, i.e., very little change in the overall percentage. There is a typo in Table 9 in that paper, labeling the Africa data as “Asia.”
http://www.ijesd.org/papers/27-D436.pdf
The point remains: Salah’s dramatic claims of Islam currently dying in Africa are unsubstantiated and are contradicted by credible projections based on credible sources. Salah’s claims are not even supported by his own video, which merely makes a few unsupported allegations about relatively very small numbers of conversions out of Islam in some places in Africa, and with no mention of birth rates, conversions into Islam (e.g., by marriage), etc.
Islamisdeath says
Hey twilight zone man Salah can dream cant he? We all hope he is right!
Salah says
Muslims are turning to Christ like never before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xS9qcYhdls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdVnILalpeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnh8kdnfYyE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpvaEWjXWs
MrIpe says
Salah, thanks for these great picks!
The Islamist says
In Uganda, if you want a Visa to satanic countries, you say that you are a gay or a muslim who became a xtian and got poisoned by the family. Ugandans are very clever.
CogitoErgoSum says
How is it clever to make up something totally unbelievable? Is is not better to make up something people would actually be likely to believe? And why would people be likely to believe that members of this man’s family poisoned him because be changed his religion? Just because Muhammad is reported to have told his followers to do so? I know…..why would anyone believe what Muhammad had to say?
Ron Crawford says
Are you also ashamed of what your faith teaches?
Salah says
“Ugandans are very clever.”
He was probably poisoned by Jooos! Don’t forget that the “perfect man” of Islam died from a poisoned morsel of lamb offered to him by…a Jewish woman!!!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/03/muhammads-death.html
Defcon 4 says
Objection: assuming facts not in evidence. Your assumption that victim was looking for a visa isn’t supported by any facts mendacious muslime piglet.
PJG says
“…if I fail to continue and finish the treatment, then I may die and my family will perish.”
I must admit that when I got to this part my sympathy was tested. It looks like that poison really wants to hang around.