Is that why try to kill those who leave Islam or convert to another religion? For example-the afghan Christian convert-Abdul-Rahman?
Death for apostasy:
Sura 4:89 They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them,”
Volume 9, Book 83, Number 17:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims."
2007-01-25
11:52:13
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The Hadith above is from the Sahih Bukari.
2007-01-25
12:37:55 ·
update #1
Hey wedjb, I am not a christian and I not go to get into how much worse and more dangerous Islam is than Christianity. But, you've completely evaded the question. Instead you've just pointed out atrocities in the Bible as if that somehow nullifies the inhumane things the Quran teaches. You have the Muslim vs. Infidel mentality that is manifested in every muslim, so you're blindsighted by tragedies of war and pretend like the muslims are ALWAYS right. This war was started when Muhammad ordered his followers to "fight the DISBELIEVERS until they pay the Jizya" instead of fight those who do not believe in FREEDOM. You have completely disregarded the sickening inhumane act of killing people who leave Islam.
2007-01-27
09:30:35 ·
update #2
Temsah-
Let me restate the first part of that verse "Except those who join a group, between you and whom there is a treaty (of peace) or those who approach you with their breasts restraining from fighting you as well as fighting their own people ". Muhammad was a military genius, of course is going let an apostate go if he gets the **chance** to join another group. He wouldn't want to invoke a war against one of the more powerful tribes like the Pagan Aws; Islam would have been obliterated. In actuality Islam was peaceful whenever it first started because IT WAS DEPENDENT ON THE MERCY OF OTHER TRIBES; as islam gained more political power it became more and more bloodthirsty. The death sentence for leaving Islam still stands for the person who isn't lucky enough to escape it. Islamic countries like saudi arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc...carry out executions for apostasy.
2007-01-30
09:56:25 ·
update #3
Recently, there was an attempt to execute an afghan citizen, Abdul-Rahman for converting to Christianity. Had it not been for international efforts to save him he would have been executed. "No predominantly Muslim country publicly called for Abdul Rahman to be spared in the name of religious tolerance during the trial."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_(convert)#Arrest_and_trial
There are multiple Hadiths that states apostates should be killed. The one above is from the Sahih Bukari, (Al-Diyat)
heres a link
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/083.sbt.html#009.083.017
If you'd like to see the other ones you can check them out on faithfreedom.org
http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/quran_teaches.htm
2007-01-30
10:17:37 ·
update #4