An Afghan man faces the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity. The first Muslim Abdul Brahman is known, is accused of apostasy and jailed, but it is still formally placed under Islamic law into consideration.
In the United States last week, talk shows and advocacy groups rallied their supporters, who flooded the White House and the Embassy of Afghanistan allegations against Islam. As expected, the incident provoked an international outcry rapidworld leader. Even President Bush has expressed as "deeply concerned" about the threat that a death sentence.
Muslim Rules
And once again, Islam is in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
Anti-Muslim groups were very quickly capitalize on the present state of mind. A legacy of hate literature against Islam is rapidly circulated on the Internet, Muslims accuse unjustly retains his peers, the gradual elimination of religion they want.
Islam is suspected of being a chauvinistand intolerant cult, whose phenomenal growth is happening only because the Muslims can not leave the religion. Muslims must be taught as required digits in a religion whose clutches they must endure in silence for the rest of his life in prison.
The most creative people have also described Islam as "Hotel California". You can, whenever you want, but you can never leave.
But these accusations are true? Islam is truly unforbearing against the followers of other religions,Above all apostates? You can actually "check out"?
No compulsion in Islam
The truth of the matter is that Islam is a religion that has never been forced a. The idea that a conversion to Islam, in a way you can never go out again, a myth much dissipated. The Koran forbids Muslims forcing Islam to an individual. Muslims in the past and present are largely converted to Islam of their own free will.
A very clear example of this is the commandementThe following verse from Surah Al-Baqarah translated:
2:256 - "Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah, the most reliable grip that never breaks and Allah hears and knows all taken .."
Another verse that Muslim scholars have noted the following is to Surah Al-Hijr said:
15:2-3 "Again and again, those who disbelieve wish that they had bowed (toThe will of God) in Islam. Leave them alone to enjoy (the good things in life) and they are: let (false) hope amuse them. Soon knowledge (disabuse them) "
Once again he has no authority to have been granted to Muslims to kill apostates of Islam, should not cause any damage. Apostates are to be treated fairly, as non-Muslims.
Compulsion in Islam does not make sense. Islam is one of the fastest growing forces in the world today. One in five people in the worldis a Muslim. Strong as a religion Islam does not have progressed without sincere faith and devotion of his followers, especially in turbulent times as many Muslims persecution during the time of Muhammad and several crusades in the Middle Ages. In times like these, many could have just left Islam for the comfort of peace and prosperity.
But they have not. They were, and Islam is what it is today. The prosperity and growth of Islam in the future depends moresame faith and sincerity - not coercion.
Why do Muslims call for the death of apostates?
The practice of granting dissenters death is a moment in history when Jews and pagan Arabs to Islam to interfere with the intent to deceive and well-being of religion. According to noted Muslim scholars and historians claim these hypocrites, to accept Islam, to commit depredations of the Muslim community and inflict damage if they are acceptedAfter the work is inside, they would leave Islam as soon as they had done.
In such cases, the death penalty would be the ultimate deterrent against such criminal behavior and potentially harmful to Islam were common. Remember that Islam is a religion that has been hit hard by the prosecution and prevention of such activities has been absolutely critical to the survival of the community was. This is why there are many examples in the prophets sayings (hadith), whereAnd 'permissible to kill these types of apostates.
In addition, there was also very dangerous renegades like Al-Musylama Kaththab that an army had assembled to Oman today, shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. His intention was to completely destroy the Muslims from the face of the earth. If the death penalty apostates like him were not imposed, it would Islam have not survived.
But this is no longer applicable in today's world, especially inUnfortunately we live in multicultural societies, companies such as Afghanistan has decided to get the death sentence in a vertical position.
Most tolerant Muslim societies such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have left the Muslim religion free from similar disruptions. However, Muslims who wish to leave the religion at times refer to the religious authorities and families.
But what is the need for such an opinion? It is not that a form of interferencetoo much?
Losing a family member is always a sad event. Similarly, if the Muslim community to lose a family member, would naturally try to prevent it. Hopefully that will change his mind.
Similar obstacles, and sometimes penalties are also in other religions. For example, in Christianity, members have specifically asked to kill the apostates with his own hands.
Deuteronomy 13:6-9: "When your brother or your son orDaughter or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly seduces with words: Let us go and serve other gods (gods that neither you nor your fathers knew, the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far from one end of the country to another, or gods of other religions), do not listen or give in to him. Show him no mercy. Do not spare him or shield. You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first to put him to death, and then the hands of allPeople. "
Deuteronomy 17:3-5 "And it should go and worship other gods and bow down to them or the sun or the moon or the whole army of the heavens, ..... and you need one of these stones and stone as was responsible for the famine. "
Apostasy is not foreign to Islam. Muslim leaders over the centuries have lived peacefully with the apostates and will be continued well into the future. Ironically, it is our tolerance and good will that just be the key for them to go back. Non-violence andIndifference.
Why Muslims to kill apostates?
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