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.”
“Christian Convert from Islam Killed in Eastern Uganda,” Morning Star News, July 6, 2022:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda killed him on Sunday (July 3), a witness said.
Simolya Latifu of Molu village, Kasasira Sub-County, Kibuku District was slain with a sword at about 7:15 p.m. at a swamp near Molu, the witness said. Latifu was 47.
Latifu had left an evening service at Christ Discipleship Worship Center in Molu at about 6:30 p.m., and three witnesses saw a motorcycle and then heard wailing and calls for help at a nearby swamp at 7:15 p.m., one said.
“The killers were condemning him for converting Muslims to Christianity,” the witness told Morning Star News. “We hid ourselves in a thick bush.”
The witnesses were able to recognize the alleged assailants as Ali Buyinza, Muhammad Kamunyani and Jamada Walyomba, he said.
“We saw Buyinza cut him on the head with a sword, and thereafter they left,” said the witness, unidentified for security reasons. “We remained there for about 30 minutes, and then we took courage and slowly went to see the slain man and discovered that he worshipped with us at Christ Discipleship Worship Center.”…
Police arrested Buyinza, taking him to Kibuku police station amid tight security as residents sought to kill him, Pastor Muzei said. Buyinza told police, “We warned him to come back to our religion and gave him several opportunities, but he turned a deaf ear – we’re proud of killing him,” a source said…..
Latifu is survived by his wife and five children.
He converted to Christianity in June 2019 and then fled opposition to Lira District after leading several Muslims to Christ. Believing Muslim extremists had given up looking for him, Latifu had returned to Kibuku District in February, Pastor Muzei said….
Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.
Issei says
This religion is a curse on humanity.
somehistory says
Par for their evil course. They will all “reap what they sow” and the more they sow, the greater will be the harvest they will reap. They are “sowing the wind and will reap the whirlwind.” they are sowing death; they are sowing terror; they will reap as they sow.
born saturday says
the religion of satan has penetrated to everywhere there is christians with the sole purpose to exterminate them…. they are funded from turkey who is funded from qatar and from the saudis through qatar in order to islamize the world…
somehistory says
In the Bible, the governments of man are symbolized by wild beasts and have the backing of fallen angels who fight against “good” on their behalf. this is made perfectly clear in the book of Daniel.
there was an “angel” …which word means “messenger” …of satan who was fighting on behalf of Persia (now iran) who contended with an angel sent to help Daniel; when Michael the Archangel came to assist.
Now, the governments of today are no different…they each have demon spirits fight against all that is “good.” Christians everywhere are being slaughtered because of these evil spirits, just as they fought against Daniel.
Abdul says
Ultimately they are funded by USA since the invention of petro dollar
gravenimage says
Uganda: Muslims murder convert to Christianity for leading other Muslims to convert
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*Horrifying*. This poor man believed that Muslims had stopped hunting for him, but they never gave up their desire to murder this peaceful man.
And Uganda, though not a Muslim nation, is doing next to nothing to protect their people from this Islamic savagery.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Why is the Quran so crummily written? Example:
“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)
Who are “they”? Who is/are “you”? Who is speaking? What is “emigrate” about?; moving from what country to what other country? What does “turn away” mean here? I looked up Quran 4:80-89 to try to find some context, but was unsuccessful.
Abdul says
That’s the secret of Quran. All non Muslims are given only Quran to read.. But all Muslims focus on Hadith and sunnah. They are highly radical textbooks found in all mosques and contain gory details and explanations of Quran cryptic verses. But also much more.