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**bataovady** · 09-19-2011, 01:10 AM

I've read that many Muslims believe that the appropriate punishment for apostasy is death. Which, to my mind, makes a mockery of the words of the Qur'an which says 'no compulsion in religion' (2:256).

How can Muslims live in Britain hope to be part of British society (or other Western countries), if they regard their brothers and sisters who choose to believe differently, are deserving of execution? Isn't that the very height of intolerance?

However, I'm aware that many Muslim scholars, particularly in the past, were of the opinion that Islam affirms freedom of religion and does not require the death penalty.

http://apostasyandislam.blogspot.com/

So, what do you believe, and why?

09-19-2011, 01:10 AM	#1
bataovady Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 423 Senior Member	Do you believe apostasy deserves the death penalty? I've read that many Muslims believe that the appropriate punishment for apostasy is death. Which, to my mind, makes a mockery of the words of the Qur'an which says 'no compulsion in religion' (2:256). How can Muslims live in Britain hope to be part of British society (or other Western countries), if they regard their brothers and sisters who choose to believe differently, are deserving of execution? Isn't that the very height of intolerance? However, I'm aware that many Muslim scholars, particularly in the past, were of the opinion that Islam affirms freedom of religion and does not require the death penalty. http://apostasyandislam.blogspot.com/ So, what do you believe, and why?
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