They apparently didn’t like the fact that Muslims were converting to Christianity under Robert Settimba’s influence.
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.”
“Muslim Extremists Suspected of Killing Tourists, Beating Christian,” Morning Star News, October 20, 2023:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The killers of three people this week in western Uganda accused them of supporting Christian work, and an evangelist in Kampala was beaten unconscious after Muslim extremists on Oct. 10 attacked him for being an “infidel,” sources said.
In the Kawaala area of Kampala, six Muslim extremists shouting, “Kafir [Infidel]!” and the jihadist slogan “Allah akbar [God is greater]” attacked 27-year-old Robert Settimba as he was walking home from street preaching at about 7 p.m., said a friend, whose identity is withheld.
“The Muslims got hold of him and started kicking and boxing him as others came beating him with sticks, as I watched from a distance, helpless,” the friend told Morning Star News. “Some bystanders were shouting at me to disappear or else the attackers will also beat me up. I then left my friend lying down.”
He sought help from a nearby church, and he and other Christians returned to the site, where they found Settimba unconscious and took him to a nearby hospital, he said.
Settimba is well-known to Christians as a street preacher to Muslims in Kampala, Kisenyi, Wandegeya and Kawaala. His injuries included severe chest pain, bruising on his thigh, left hand and shoulder and swelling and inflammation on his left ankle.
“In my mission outreach, many have turned to Christ, especially business young men and women, students and some Muslims leaders,” Settimba told Morning Star News from his hospital bed. “I didn’t know that it was hurting Muslims for me to speak about Christ and use the Koran while doing evangelization.”
Settimba said he regained consciousness in the hospital.
“When I came to my senses, I found myself in the hospital with Christians around my bed,” he said. “They supported me and gave me 50,000 Uganda shillings [US$13] for medical treatment.”
Settimba said he was yet to decide whether it would be too dangerous to file a police report on the assault….
Goofy says
Capital punishment for apostasy
This is another example of lack of shared values between the so-called Abrahamic religions!
Or maybe Mr Pope is comfortable that Muslims who turn to Christ may face death?
How is it possible for civilised countries to accept to be inundated with people with such standards which are in conflict with civilised law and basic humanity?
Interesting that a Muslim leader has recognised that without the terror and fear of death the so-called believers would desert this perverse cult!
Islam can only grow by way of breeding new Muslims who are terrorised not to leave. Apart from them there is only conversion by way of deception, including the avoidance of mentioning capital punishment for apostasy.
Elisha Audu says
Two things have sustained Islam from the beginning till now: fear and greed