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.”
“Arrested Christian convert held incommunicado in unknown location, parents ‘very worried,’” Article 18, January 22, 2024:
A Christian convert arrested last week remains in detention in an unknown location, according to a report by an Iranian Christian news site.
Iman Golzar was arrested at his home in Dezful, western Iran, at midnight on 16 January by plainclothes agents of the Ministry of Intelligence, who showed no warrant and confiscated his computer and CCTV cameras, according to Mohabat News.
Iman was then reportedly taken away to an unknown location, with no news of him since, despite the efforts of his parents, who are deaf, to discover his whereabouts and condition.
His parents are said to be “very worried about him” but were told to stop asking questions about him, and threatened that they would be “dealt with” should they continue pursuing his case.
Iman is the second Christian convert from Dezful to have been arrested in recent weeks; Esmaeil Narimanpour, who was arrested on Christmas Eve, also remains in detention….
Tony Rice says
You can bet he will disappear completely, can’t have people leaving Islam. As the Prophet said, ” kill them “
Mike says
“Allahu akbar/It says here that terms and conditions apply/One small penalty for apostasy/Leave and you must die/There is no compulsion in religion/But revoking your Shahada gets you crucixion/You’ve done if my, You’ve done it now!”
(From the song “Join Iskam” by youtuber Sye Ten Atheist)
Hudders. says
‘Islamic’ republic.. What else does one epect?
Remember to keep Iman Golzar & also the many other blessed victims of these most devilish of creatures in your prayers. They hate Christians.
Prayer works. & they need your prayers.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
There are probably many more like him still lying low for fear of this Nazi organization. Ex-Muslims is a real and a growing threat to these tyrannical regimes cloaked behind a tyrannical false religion of evil intentions.
Mick says
Armemian Christians have lived in Iran for millennia. 35,000 still live there, alongside 9,200 Jews.
During the Iran Iraq war I met an Armenian captain in the Revolutionary Guard..After a stiff preamble, in which mentioned that the UK was supporting Iraq, he ordered the cucumbers and peaches. A patriot.
Walter Sieruk says
Concerning the subject of the persecution regarding the harassment and imprisonment and even torture of Christians of Iran further expose the intolerant brutal and murderous “mullah regime “ of Iran
First, it would be naive not to understand the those mullahs and ayatollahs didn’t have a hand in having their stooges , who are Islamic state police, the Revolutionary Guard s arrest so many Christians because those in power in the Islamic tyranny are ruthless and cruel.
Second, this is further proof that Islam is such a weak and fragile religion that the arrest of those few Christians was felt necessary by the ayatollah, mullah and imams of Iran. For those Muslim clerics are afraid that if the Iranian people even have a chance to examine and thus compare and contrast the Bible and the Quran the people of Iran might discover that the Bible of the super of those two books.
Since the foundation for the tyrannical regime of the Islamic “Republic” of Iran is based on the Quran, which is also the entire foundation for of Islam, the Muslim clerics fear that their power base might collapse. So the arrests and sentencing to death of Christians reveals extreme fear those Muslim clerics have of the Bible, For this also show that those Muslim clerics in power in that “mullahs regime” of Iran will use .the Islamic state police and their tools to stop Christians and keep the Iranian people in in ignorance of the Bible and in the darkness of Islam.
Third, those mullahs and ayatollahs and imams of Iran with their falsehoods and deceptions of the many false doctrines of Islam in which they brainwash the Iranian people in believing is something that is both sad and tragic. Those ayatollahs and mullahs are, no doubt, just as deluded as the people who they thoroughly indoctrinate with false teachings of Islam. Of such demonic deception by false teachers who are also deluded such men a have been predicted in the Bible. For in the Bible it’s written that “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived.” Second Timothy 3:13. [K.J.V.]
All those mullahs and ayatollahs are, according to the doctrines of the Bible, Isaiah 8:20. false religious teachers .Meaning false teachers who teach and indoctrinate the false doctrines of the false religion of Islam into the hearts and minds of others . Such false teachers are described in the Bible ,in Second Peter 2:1. “There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
In addition, it should be make clear that in the context and meaning of the above Bible verse Second Peter 2:1. The word “destruction” does not mean “loss of being but loss of well-being ,as the destruction of well- being . That is “going to ruin” by ending up and a terrible place of awful suffering which the Bible call hell, Luke 16:19-31.
bagsgroove says
Why he hell has no one taken Iran, the world’s worst terrorist backer to the world court of justice. For how many murders is Iran responsible. Neutralize all the mullahs as they are guilty of crimes against humanity
Walter Sieruk says
There has to be something wrong with a religion that, as in Iran , requires that its followers use savage murderous violence of brutal force against people who are of another faith, In case Christians.
The violent and deadly might is used to oppose Christian’s does reveal that the religion of Islam doesn’t have an rational any sound Bible based reasons to uphold it. Likewise, such cruel malicious violence engaged in by jihad-minded Muslims further shows that a firm belief in Islam isn’t based on reason or logic but instead malice-filled emotions and murderous feelings of hate.
The bloody violent and deadly essence of Islam against Christians, and people of other religions as Judaism. Is seen in the instructions found in the Qu ran. For example in Surah 9:123 it reads “O you who believe ! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you and let them find harshness in you…”
Likewise in Surah 47; 4 instructs “When you encounter the disbelieves strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…”
In addition. it’s a good idea not to take at face value the claim that the word Islam means “peace.” For example, the ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY copyright 1999 defines Islam as “submission” based on the word “aslama” meaning “he surrendered.” Given that long time definition, it’s very odd to so very fast after 9/11 the meaning of the word Islam was changed from “submission” to “peace.”
It’s very well known that if the police are questioning someone and he changes his story something is wrong. Nevertheless, when it comes to Islam no one gets suspicious of the change. The jihadists brag that they will win the war against the West by using the Western ignorance and naive gullible mindset on the subject of Islam against us. It seems that they do have some basis in that claim since so many Westerners are beguiled by the Muslim disinformation campaign.
Lisa T. says
The secret Christian Church in Iran is reportedly growing exponentially. I saw a video on YouTube from an Iranian Christian now living abroad describe one of the ways they evangelize. He said they throw religious pamphlets and Bibles onto buses just as they disembark and quickly run away so they can’t be caught.
I have also seen numerous reports of Jesus appearing in visions and in dreams to people. An anonymous phone survey showed that only 40% of Iranian citizens claim to be Muslim anymore, while the government says it is something like 98%.
Yes, we need to keep all people persecuted for their religious beliefs in our prayers. In the West we have no idea how fortunate we are in this regard.