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.”
Meanwhile, Islamic law stipulates that the “contract of protection” is ended and a non-Muslim’s life is forfeit if he “leads a Muslim away from Islam” (Reliance of the Traveller 011.10).
An update on this story. “Libya Christians face death sentence over conversion from Islam and proselytization,” by George Gor, Jurist, May 4, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Libyan activists told The Guardian Wednesday that six Libyan Christians are at risk of being executed for converting from Islam and spreading their religious beliefs.
After being arrested in March by the Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA), the six were accused of “making people leave Islam” in violation of the Libyan Penal Code. Article 207 of the code prohibits the advocacy of ideas that would “[change] the fundamental principles of the constitution or the fundamental rules of the social structure.”
ISA also detained and later released a US citizen who was involved in Christian activities, according to local media reports….
A lawyer for another one of the detainees told The Guardian his client was tortured into renouncing his faith….
BTeboe says
This is why Islam is still around after 1400 years. The brainwashing begins at birth. Because if you look at Islam from a scientific perspective nothing in it will stand the test of time. And so it is therefore decreed that if you attempt to leave Islam you will be beheaded. Talk about serious ‘wrong think.’
somehistory says
Exactly right. It’s the threat of torture and death that keeps many from leaving for a better life. Of course, the psychopath would stay and rape, murder, lie, manipulate and threaten his way through life, but all right-hearted people would find something else.
islam is pure evil and those who advocate for carrying out every big and little demand made by the fake prophet in the book of unholy filth are also pure evil.
These poor Christians don’t stand a chance while residing in a place of pure evil. They must look to their faith for support.
kenneth Nightingale says
I have met many born Muslims who quite rightly are terrified of Islamics who are those who are strict Muslims. All of them amazed that governments take no action to protect their own people from them, in fact the opposite IS and HAS occurred with changes in our laws to protect their rights to kill us as their religious law states! since under the Tories and the labour regimes their religious rights are strengthened. Taking away the insidious assumptions on birth certificates for religious bent would be a good start. You should not have a religious right taken into account at courts!
Michael Copeland says
“his client was tortured into renouncing his faith….”
After all, Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) said Islam must be spread “by persuasion or by force”.
Gurek says
All this due to the NATO and West for desposing a secular leader (Gaddafi) and replacing it with a totalitatian Islamic dictatorship with the support of jihadist funding Qatari regime.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
There’s another organization that calls for the death penalty for leaving, it’s called the Mafia.
OLD GUY says
And a muslim girl was horrified by a piece of bacon on her McDonalds fish sandwich.