Islam - The Price Of Apostasy

[birdie1971]

Simple question. To all those who genuinely believe that Islam is a religion of peace, can anyone tell me of another faith that prescribes the death penalty to those who leave it?

A few references for those who doubt the veracity of the death penalty for apostasy: Koran [9:11-12]; Sahih Bukhari [84:57] – other verses are available on request.

[naomi24]

You're more afraid of death, Theland. The prospect of that scares the wits out of you.

[Zacs-Master]

Might even scare him to death. Which would be ironic.

[Theland]

Hope not just yet Zac. Pubs open later

[keyplus90]

Quran:4:137 Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, and then increased in disbelief - never will Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a way.

Normally I would just ignore my little birdie as I know he has a web based knowledge of Islam and likes posting twisted translations. However there is a common sense in the above verse I gave, now lets see how many can spot that common sense!

[Jackdaw33]

Well the common sense has certainly passed me by.

[vetuste_ennemi]

This link summarises legal sanctions against apostasy in various states whose legal systems are based in some part on the Islamic Sharia:

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/apostasy/index.php

[vetuste_ennemi]

The point of my link not being to prove that the OP is being honest in his citation of some text in the Koran, but that (unlike similar texts in Deuteronomy) those barbarous principles are active parts of "modern" legislatures.

Coming to a town near you...

[Peter Pedant]

de haeretico comburendo 1401 is even closer

The De heretico comburendo (2 Hen.4 c.15) was a law passed by Parliament under King Henry IV of England in 1401, punishing heretics with burning at the stake. wiggi

and they started almost immediately burning Lollards

By god this priest wants to fry ! was on the lips of one of Henry VIII ministers faced with a reformer ( in chains )
no not Mary Tudor (*)

* who she den ?

but other than that only the muslims

and 'kufr' is probably best translated "apostate" (**) - someone who was a pagan converts and then lapses back. As in Julian the Apostate. rather than heretic. Christians are referred to as ahl el kitab ( tribe of the book ) and have protected status along with Jews (kitab in this case obviously mean the book that is the Bible)

(**) ABers chorus: "Julian the wod-estate?" mixed wiv "Julian the who-estate ?" n a smattering of " I fought Jools Holland was christian"

[Peter Pedant]

// Quran:4:137 Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved,//

sort of clinches it - apostate and not heretic - this is clearly not aimed at reformers like Luther who never toyed with Islam.....