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 […]
Malta: Muslim stabs man in neck, ‘in his mind, if he kills, he will go to heaven, he’s got the mind of ISIS’
Where did Lamir Mohammad’s attacker get this idea? Could it have been from the Qur’an? “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) It appears, if Lamir Mohammad is correct in thinking that his attacker believed he would go to heaven for killing him, that the attacker regarded Lamir Mohammad as an apostate. […]