Then full quote: “If someone quits Islam/religion then what is his fate? Islam asks him to repent, still, if he does not repent then he needs to be killed by the ruler or who is responsible.”
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “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 you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “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.”
Qaradawi also once famously said: “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment, Islam wouldn’t exist today.”
“Kerala madarsa teacher preaches ‘kill the ones who leave Islam’ while taking online lecture for class 12 students,” OpIndia, June 20, 2021:
In an undated video that has gone viral on social media, Shafi Saadi Kumaramputtur a teacher of Samastha Kerala Sunni education board preached that anyone who leaves the religion of Islam should be killed.
While taking an online session of class 12 students, Shafi Saadi can be heard saying, “If someone quits Islam/religion then what is his fate? Islam asks him to repent, still, if he does not repent then he needs to be killed by the ruler or who is responsible.”
“Is that violence? No. But it is to remind the followers of Islam that what is the consequence of leaving the religion and how he will be treated after death. He will go to hell,” Shafi Saadi preached further.
Several social media users tagged Kerala Police demanding an arrest of Shafi Saadi Kumaramputtur for his inflammatory preaching.
Samastha Kerala Sunni Vidyabhyasa Board Islamic Education is one of the most influential organizations in Kerala headed by Indian Islamic scholar Mufthi Moulana Sheikh Aboobacker.
As per the official website, around ten thousand madarsas are affiliated with the Samastha Kerala Sunni Board. The madarsa children acquire religious education for a duration of two hours before heading to schools for general education.
Radicalization in Kerala
As per a July 2020 article, the UN in its report on terrorism had warned that there are “significant numbers” of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka.
According to the 26th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIS, “One member state reported that the ISIL Indian affiliate (Hind Wilayah), which was announced on May 10, 2019, has between 180 and 200 members”.
In May 2019 the Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) terror group claimed to have established a new “province” in India….
Stephen Grant says
Muslims should be kicked out of India and Indians in Pakistan should return to India. There can be no agreements when one faith gets away with murdering another.
Infidel says
An opportunity rejected in 1947, when there were only tens of millions of muslims in India. Now, there are something like 180 million, so nothing short of a full blown civil war and an unbelievable amount of bloodletting will achieve that end
Wellington says
This heinous dictate alone, forget all the other malicious and lethal rubbish to be found in Islam, should make Islam despised by all of sense and knowledge. To kill someone for leaving a religion is so reprehensible that again I direct myself to ALL Muslims, even the so-called moderate ones, to wit, how can you defend this shit?
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Unfortunately, muslims are pretty clever – and are currently doing a pretty good job of defending the indefensible.
They are, of course, aided and abetted by Leftist useful idiots…
Ecosse1314 says
Hi meant to say to you earlier that American spelling is actually more rational and is something to be proud about.
I doubt it will catch on in UK circles probably because of tradition.
davedutchess says
Answer: stupidity.
JanD says
It defies my logic that people who are so confident / arrogant / smug in their righteousness about islam should care so much that someone moves on. If they are so strong, then why are they so brittle / fragile / easily offended?
PRCS says
“if he does not repent then he needs to be killed by the ruler or who is responsible”
Of course, someone–someone else–should do that. He’s just teaching the class.
Infidel says
And since Kerala has a newly elected Communist government, they’ll do absolutely nothing about this. Neither will the Indian government, since law & order is considered a state issue, not national
Hopefully, India’s NIA notices this and goes after him
Otis says
I once lived in a Muslim infested area in one of our towns here in Kenya.What I noticed buffled me; many Muslims here we’re leaving a double life.Many were drinking alcohol, living a promiscuous lifestyles, smoking bhang and taking other drugs.One thing I noticed is that these people became pious during the month of Ramadhan.Are these Muslims not apostates.Were Sharia law to be applied these individuals would have been excited long ago but thanks to God that our Kenyan laws resign supreme.
Infidel says
Otis
While this problem is small enough, Kenya should expel all muslims to Somalia, and only accept Animists, Christians and other non-muslims as well
gravenimage says
Very common, Otis.
vcragain says
When will humans recognize that ANY religion is just a lot of thought in sombody’s head – anything you can dream up can become a new ‘religion’ and that would be exactly how Islam happened….dreamed up by a person or two who then proclaimed their thoughts to be the ‘truth’ and started a movement – it’s been the same story thoughout the ages….was Christ real ? I really don’t know, if he was it was a brilliant new thought stream, that I personally love very much while not quite believing all the told stories as fact, but not too much about any other religion appears to have half as much positivity to it, and most appear to be the product of some narcissistic human with an eye for fame & fortune – which we have been watching first hand for the past 4 years !!!…so it’s quite obvious how that stuff happens !!! I enjoy the old bible stories as history & an interesting light on how humans have clung to it because ot our need for explanations about what-all-this-is-about ! Imagine a world where we all take that relaxed attitude to this subject….no more stupid wars over ‘your God or mine’ !!!
gravenimage says
vcragain, whatever your views on religion, it is imporant to note that only Islam murders apostates and those who question its creed.
gravenimage says
India: Muslim teacher says ‘If someone quits Islam, he needs to be killed’
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Orthodox Islam.
OLD GUY says
ISLAM the religion of murders. It’s always about killing anyone who disagrees or speaks out about the problems of the islamic religion. Islam is more reflective of a drug cartel than of a religion of a holy GOD.It is all about power and control.