WARNING: video is graphic. And while most who take any note of this video at all will dismiss it as more indication of the Islamic State’s “extremism,” in reality the death penalty for apostasy is universal among the various schools of Islamic jurisprudence. 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. 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.
“WATCH: ISIS Executes 6 ‘Apostates,’” by Sam Prince, Heavy.com, July 31, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A new video purportedly released by the Islamic State shows six men charged with being members of “Apostate Rejectionist Committees” being executed by gunshot. The video was shared by Middle East terrorism watchdog organization Jihadology. According to Apostasy and Islam, “the traditional position of Muslim scholars and jurists has been that apostasy [riddah] is punishable by death.” This is especially the case in Sharia law, which ISIS practices. Sharia law is a legal system based on Islam….
Gary says
Hotel California: You can check out, but you can never leave.
Is it any wonder muslims in the West remain silent regarding the atrocities being commented around the world?
Why? They fear for their lives. “Oh I can’t say anything. I’ll be killed by my own family members.”
Wait? How peaceful is this “Religion of Peace”?
Religion of Slaves is more appropriate!
Peter Buckley says
This is why the West doesn’t need to get involved.
Islam is self-destructing by killing muslims.
ISIS must be allowed to do its dirty work.
This may sound heartless, but Islam will go out in violence just as it was started through violence.
Vito says
What kind of a moron believes that because they killed 6 apostates, ISIS should be allowed free reign in the Middle East to rid the world of Muslims? You either fight them over there or you fight them over here. ISIS will metastasize globally if left unchecked. Some of the laziest thinking I have ever seen expressed.
gravenimage says
Yes, Islam eats its own. But the idea that in a Shari’ah state pious Muslims will eventually kill all Muslims and hence end the Jihad threat makes no sense, and has never worked with any vicious ideology.
Alex says
Peter, your comment makes no sense. First of all, they killed 6 non muslim APOSTATES, not muslims. Second, if we leave these terrorists alone, they will only become stronger.
chanah says
Yeah right and to hell with the Yarzidis and the Christians being tortured raped sold as sex slaves Little children beheaded for refusing to convert to islam, and Gays killed, men also beheaded we need to fight isis et al with everything we have, they are already here in the West. This World has gone mad islam is on a killing spree
Paul says
What a powerful advert for the supposed beauty and perfection of
the “religion of peace”. These poor souls obviously decided that the
sadistic and bloodthirsty nature of Islam wasn’t for them and were
needlessly butchered for it as per Islamic law. One thing you can
always rely on Islam to do is to show its ugliness and insanity and
act as a superb advocate for Christianity.
AmericanAtheist says
It’s not an advocate for Christianity – nor is it any more false than Christianity. Both are man-made myths. Obviously Islam is far more poisonous than Christianity, but I’m getting quite sick of Islamic terrorism being used as a means for Christians to act like it makes their idiotic, unfounded beliefs any better than those of Muslims
Either all religions are true – which is patently impossible. Therefore, there are two options: all of them are false or when of them is true. Considering the fact that virtually every society has it’s own creation myth/religious philosophy, I’m going to hedge my bets that they’re all false, man-made nonsense.
AmericanAtheist says
Either all religions are true, all religions are false, or one of them is true. Considering the fact that virtually every society has it’s own creation myth/religious philosophy, I’m going to hedge my bets and say that they’re all false, man-made nonsense.
Champ says
1) Question: “Is Jesus the only way to Heaven?”
Answer: http://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-only-way.html
And …
2) Question: “What did Jesus mean when He said, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’ (John 14:6)?”
Answer: http://www.gotquestions.org/way-truth-life.html
Jay Boo says
I recall a website called American Atheist that would mock Christianity without shame and then pander to Islam with faux criticism that was nothing but well-disguised pandering and proselytizing of Islam’s fowl dogma.
Muslims are so sneaky.
Paul says
OK, for goodness sake chill out! I happen to believe, and you
don’t. I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine. I
can’t prove God exists and you can’t disprove the existence
of God either, and that’s that.
I have no problem at all with those that embrace Atheism
because it means they no longer believe they’re somehow
divinely ordained to kill people like me and they take responsibility
for their own actions. I’m sure you’d also prefer people who’d
pray for you as opposed to those who want to chop your head.
off. You can hate me and my opinions, but we’re all dirty ‘kuffar’
who they want dead. Unity is essential now more than ever.
RG says
“…or one of them is true.” RIGHT YOU ARE, ‘AA’, RIGHT YOU ARE! And somehow I really believe that you KNOW which One that is!!!
Jesus said, “Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” Luke 12.4,5.
Paul says
@Jay Boo
I respect Atheists like Richard Dawkins who will also give
Islam the bashing it deserves, but I get really incensed
at the ‘intellectual’ Atheist left that mocks Christianity but
somehow forgets its Atheism when sucking up to Islam.
I’m NOT saying that ‘American Atheist’ on this thread is
one of them, but this is a pattern I’ve often noticed.
Bezelel says
AmericanAtheist, Usually I will take time to reason with and diplomatically try to coax someone into pulling their head out of their ass, but your comments have made it clear that you are beyond human aid.
Raja says
American Atheist,
God and Bible have very high ideals and principles for living in this “tent” we live in right now. Christianity was NEVER meant to be a state religion and not meant to be a “mass” religion though the masses might intend or profess to follow it. Jesus said:
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.(Matthew 7:13 & 14)
“For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14)
It is also written:
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. (Romans 12:1)
You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(1 Peter 2:5)
I would give you many more references if you are a seeker of the truth.
Satan and man have corrupted everything possible in Christianity.
If you still choose to paint Christianity and Islam with the same brush (& color) it would be tragic indeed!!!!!
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, Paul!
Joseph says
@ AmericanAtheist “I’m going to hedge my bets and say that they’re all false, man-made nonsense.”
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Hedge your bets on what? spending an eternity in hell separated from the love of JESUS CHRIST? That is not a very good bet, in fact it is the *most* foolish bet one can make. It is also obvious that you do not want to enjoy the comfort that our precious Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST has to offer.
I am not going to preach to you or try to convince you of what (deep down) you know is true; I will only say that I feel very sorry for you and that I will be praying for you.
Angemon says
AmericanAtheist posted:
“I’m getting quite sick of Islamic terrorism being used as a means for Christians to act like it makes their idiotic, unfounded beliefs any better than those of Muslims
Either all religions are true – which is patently impossible. Therefore, there are two options: all of them are false or when of them is true.”
Huh, AA, I’d say that, regardless of whether a God exists or not, an ideology that teaches to love your neighbour is better than an ideology that teaches to kill your neighbour.
gravenimage says
Very true, Angemon.
Greyhound Fancier says
In fact, there are elements of truth in virtually all religions. Other than Mohammedanism, religions tend to have common features of morals and ethics. Those morals and ethics often form a basis for a decent society.
You might find that Jesus, Buddha, and Confucius were interesting and admirable men.
Karen says
I believe that Sharia gives an escape clause, and allows for a last minute recant. But none of these 6 recanted, apparently. Pretty gutsy.
Brian says
Even if they recanted, they would still have been executed. ISIS already have shown that numerous times.
Karen says
I didn’t know that, how revolting. I have no idea what they said on the video, but I guess there’s no room for mercy with ISIS in any event. They were all in the prime of life, and one looked like he was about 20. All of them had 1/2 to 2/3s of a lifetime stolen from them….heartbreaking.
Stephanie says
… to SLAYer#1 allah, 4:89 “… SLAY them (‘reject faith’) wherever ye find them”
Kim says
I dont want to insult a noble animal and i dont mean any disrespect towards pigs….
but “pigs” was my first thought,when watching the slaughterers in action.
I’m disgusted by the term “Religion of peace” ; It’s never been about religion,much less about peace,
it’s all about being the most malicious ideology of our times.
Stephanie says
… and Sowdi Barbaria advertises for eight new executioners as beheadings (head_chopper#1 allah’s Qur’an 8:12, 47:4) RISE :
Aug 1, 2015
Ali Sina, FaithFreedom.org
https://twitter.com/schnellmann_org/status/627554511989641216
Angemon says
Members of the what now?
Jay Boo says
BBC recently reported on an Orthodox Jew attacking a gay parade and suggested the attack was motivated by religion.
I wonder how the would handle this.
Raja says
Vast majority of Muslms including educated ones believe that Islamic state is a “pure” religion based state and they are the invisible cheerleaders. The muslims who condemn the killing are actually managing the contradiction in Islam (of killing) but would rather be on the side of “god” than being on the side of the devil(democracy, Christianity, gays, atheist, other religions etc etc and the list is endless.)
It is the arrogant and shameless Western leaders who shamelessly and arrogantly deny this universal truth about Jihadists. The Western leaders should be ashamed and be shamed for not finding allies to deal with Islamic state from within the Islamic world….
gravenimage says
Islamic State executes six people for leaving Islam
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I don’t speak Arabic, but you can see how frightened these poor man are–blinking rapidly and swallowing constantly.
Most of them appear to lack the full beards and shaved mustaches of the most pious Jihadists–they may have been accused of “apostasy” for nothing more than this. After all, some young men in Iraq were accused of being “gay” for nothing more than wearing fashionable goatees and listening to “Emo” music. They were all stoned to death.
More:
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.
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We have actually seen a number of these cases by now, and they don’t appear to involve some sort of comfortable if restrictive “house arrest”. Instead, the women and girls were being starved to death.
This gender distinction seems to be one without a real difference.
“Uganda: Father tortures daughter for converting from Islam to Christianity”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/uganda-father-tortures-daughter-for-converting-from-islam-to-christianity
Matthieu Baudin says
If they have left Islam and paid for their actions with their lives then it is a type of sainthood that they deserve. I for one will hold these people in reverence.
Ed says
What kind of cult kills people who want out? This is a basic view of Islam and something all Muslims believe in — apostasy = death. Watch the videos of people like Dawkins getting the ‘moderate / normal’ Muslims say they don’t agree with it. They won’t!
So this cult doesn’t try and win back exiles, instead condemns them to hell by murdering. What utter filth. Everything about Islam, from the way they slighter animals for halal meat through to the hypocrisy of every aspect of it is repulsive to any rational mind.
stevo k says
f#@*ing animals!
fido says
I just watched 3 ghouls go to hell….the three shooters.
I believe that allah is satan and these are his minions. This is not a religion, it’s a satanic death cult.