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The punishment for apostasy from Islam is a controversial topic for Muslims living in the West and for ex-Muslims everywhere. That’s because Islam teaches that apostates are to be killed.
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www.answering-islam.org/Silas/apostasy.htm
www.answering-islam.org/Silas/apostasy.htm
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Apostasy (Irtidad): Abandonment of Islam by a Muslim ... Historically, Islam, Christianity and other religions have taken a very dim view of apostates. They were often executed. Apostasy in Islam is currently a very complex and sensitive issue. The death penalty is rarely carried out in the 21`st century...
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www.religioustolerance.org/isl_apos.htm
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Apostasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apostasy (pronounced /əˈpɒstəsɪ/ ) is the formal religious disaffiliation or abandonment or renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy
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However, throughout history, the issue has been clouded due to mixing the issue of apostasy with treason. Now one of the biggest tools of anti-Islam/anti-Muslim propaganda is based on the issue of apostasy, claiming that Islam does not uphold the freedom of faith.
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apostasyandislam.blogspot.com/
apostasyandislam.blogspot.com/
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The translator of the following extract, who is a graduate from an Islamic school of law, has translated similar texts from the Arabic -- texts which present and explain the penalty for apostasy in Islam.
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www.light-of-life.com/eng/ilaw/
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The question you have raised about the punishment of apostasy in Islam, like any other question related to Islam, needs to be answered in the light of the Qur`an and the authentic ahadith.
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www.islamicperspectives.com/Apostasy1.htm
www.islamicperspectives.com/Apostasy1.htm
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; Why does Islam not allow apostasy? Apostasy or irtidãd in Islam is equal to treason. ... Apostasy, i.e., the public declaration of rejecting the fundamentals of Islam, has also negative influence on the Muslim society; it is indeed a major fitna. And that is why Islam has prescribed harsh punishment for irtidãd.
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www.al-islam.org/short/apostasy/5.htm
www.al-islam.org/short/apostasy/5.htm
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Neither lunatics nor drunkards are held to be responsible for their apostasy from Islam. If a person upon compulsion became an apostate, his wife is not divorced, nor are his lands forfeited. If a person become a Mussulman [i.e. Muslim] upon compulsion, and afterwards apostatize, he is not to be put to death.
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muslim-canada.org/apostasy.htm
muslim-canada.org/apostasy.htm
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Dr. Jack Wheeler apparently has noticed the earlier work of Debbie, and hopes that an enterprising journalist will question Obama about whether or not he feels threatened by his apostasy, and ask him for an outright denunciation of the practice of enforcing the death penalty, and a call for religious freedom in...
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www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/01/obama_and_apostasy...
www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/01/obama_and_apostasy_from_islam.html
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