He’s fortunate only to have been beaten. 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. The late Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who was once the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, 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.”
“Pakistan: Man beaten in public for not wanting to be Muslim,” British Asian Christian Association, April 27, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Christian man in Allumahar, Sialkot was beaten and insulted before his village, after he accepted Islam and then returned to Christianity after marrying a woman.
The video shared violent footage of a Muslim man shouting and beating a man on knees with his hands tied behind his back.
Converting from Islam is not a crime in Pakistan, but local authorities have taken no action against any of the men who tied the Christian up and beat him publicly.
A large mob of Muslims watched unflinching as the perpetrator of the beating to the Christian hit his back with a chapple (sandal) as forcefully as possible.
Translation of video:
“Tell me!
“You became a Muslim.
“Did you become a Muslim back then or not.
“What did you say back then? That I want to become a solid Muslim.
“You read the Kalma (oath to be a Muslim) and now you have forgotten it!
“I will not spare any man who films this on his mobile.”
A violent attack on a Christian man with his hands tied behind his back, receiving blows from an irate Muslim using a chapple (sandal), was filmed; went viral on Tuesday 25th April 2023.
In the footage a Muslim man named Muhammad Ismail can be seen battering and insulting the beleaguered, tied up Christian, Sikander William, who had has his hands tied behind him and is bent on his knees.
Patras Masih Sahotra chairman of Sahotra TV, spoke with BACA about the event, he said:
“Sikander William (25 yrs) eloped to Karachi with a Muslim woman who was also 25 yrs old three months ago.
“To get married he ostensibly converted to Islam; then he returned home a month later.
“At some point he openly acknowledged he was still a Christian and local Muslims found out.
“On 23rd April a number of Muslims ambushed while he was walking home on his road.
“A man named Muhammed Ismail coordinated the attack, oversaw Sikander being tied up and began physically and verbally abusing him.”
Mr Sahotra, confirmed that Mr William’s wife is still with him and still lives at home with his family. Initially, when police were notified, they refused to log a crime….
OLD GUY says
What a great “religion” where Allah allows MAN to kill or beat another because they changed their religion to another form of worship. Then again it is also the “religion” that allows a man to beat his wife and children or Honor Kill them if he fears they may insult him in the future. Recognizing Islam as a legitimate religion and allowing Islam and Muslims to migrate into Christian or any other religious belief countries is a HUGE error.