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.”
“Christians arrested in Libya on charges of preaching and apostasy from Islam,” CNA, April 18, 2023:
Last week Libya’s Internal Security Agency launched a campaign in the city of Tripoli to arrest Libyan citizens and foreigners accused of apostasy from Islam and preaching Christianity.
The security agency did not specify the number of those arrested and refrained from publishing their names, stating only their initials.
The agency released a video of six Libyans — including a girl — as well as a Pakistani and two Americans with their faces blocked out in which they confess to the charges.
The two Americans worked at the Gateway International School in the Tripoli suburb of Zawiyat al-Dahmani that specializes in teaching English.
The government agency said that the two Americans and the wife of one of them belonged to the Assemblies of God Christian missionary organization. It was not revealed whether the wife was arrested or not.
The Americans were accused of secretly turning the school into a center for preaching the Christian religion.
The Internal Security Agency noted that the organization to which the Americans belong plays an important role in “seducing Libyans in various ways” to deviate from the Islamic religion.
In an official press release, the agency stated: “The Libyan people are proud to belong to their religion and consider it the solid foundation of their unifying national identity and regard any violation or abuse of it as a hostile act that threatens national security and seek[s] to sow discord and disunity among its people and those who comprise it.”
The Internal Security Agency “is keen to monitor suspicious activities and appeals that threaten the Islamic identity of our society, including the crime of apostasy and incitement to it.”
“Attacking our true religion is no different from acts of extremism and terrorism, and through monitoring and investigation, the agency monitored the rise in activities hostile to true Islam, targeting our youth of both sexes, many of whom left the country,” the statement said.
A member of the Supreme Council of State and the Political Dialogue Committee in Libya, Salem Musa Madi, announced on his Facebook page that his son Sifaw had been abducted in Tripoli on March 26. On April 6, he reported that he was apprehended by the Internal Security Agency on charges of converting to Christianity.
Open Doors reported that the current number of Christians in Libya is 35,400 (0.5% of the population)….
Libya ranks fifth on the organization’s list of countries where Christians face the greatest persecution….
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Jihadi School
imam: And it is written ‘Slay the unbelievers wherever ye find them ‘
and..
Tariq:Yeah,about that..I think I’d rather not slay anyone..it’s not right..I’m out.
Walid:Yeah like why can’t we all just get along.Life is hard for the unbelievers too.Count me out.
Ahmed:Yes we all need to chill out,have a few bacon sandwiches and a few cold beers.out.
imam:Whaat?And let me guess-one of your friends is an infidel.Wow.
Hossein the future Murtad:Say some of those arguments by those ex-muslim murtads are very convincing-you know like pointing out the scientific,historical errors etc in the koran that show it clearly is of human origin as the author is clearly not omniscient.I’m Out.
iman:And there it is folks.Ya see!-THIS is how apostasy begins;People thinking for themselves.You can’t just interpret the koran yourself!
Abdool:Actually ..allah says you can ask the Bible People in surah 10:94.It seems allah missed the Exodus 20 laws.say is that why the Bible is banned in islamic countries because muslims would figure it out?
Seantheconvert:Say is too soon to come out of the closet?The dawa people told me islam is tolerant of alcohol and gays.Isn’t that so?im out ..and out.