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: After Muslim stabs man for leaving Islam, imam says attack is ‘against Islam’
“They wish that you would disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that you may be on the same level. So do not choose friends from them until they leave their homes in the way of Allah, if they turn back, then take them and kill them wherever you find them, and choose no friend or helper […]
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. […]