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Hi and welcome to the forum!
The short answer to your question is no, unless he/she openly preaches anti-Islamic propaganda. If you wonder the wisdom behind the punishment for an apostasy within Muslim lands ruled with true Sharia laws you might have a glance at this. Please note that today there isn't any true Islamic state. "Also, Islam cannot be compared with other religions; if a Muslim abandons Islam and gives up his religion, he will not accept any other prophet; indeed, he will not acknowledge Almighty God either nor probably recognize anything sacred. He will have no conscience that will allow him moral and spiritual attainment; it will be corrupted. Therefore, in the view of Islam, in wartime, an unbeliever has the right to life. His life is protected according to Islam if he is outside the country and makes peace, or if he is inside the country and pays the head-tax. But an apostate does not have the right to life. For his conscience is corrupted and he becomes like poison in the life of society. But a Christian may still contribute to society, even if he is irreligious. He may accept some sacred matters and may believe in some of the prophets, and may assent to Almighty God in some respects." (The Letters, 19th Letter, Bediuzzaman) "Beware, don’t let the bonds be broken that tie certain members of this nation to religion! If thus foolishly blindly imitating and crushed under foot, their bonds with religion are broken, those irreligious people will become as harmful for social life as fatal poison. For the apostate’s conscience is completely corrupted and he becomes like poison in the life of society. It is because of this that according to the science of the principles of religion, “The apostate forfeits the right to life, whereas if an unbeliever is a member of the protected minorities or he makes peace, he has the right to life;” this is a principle of the Shari‘a. Furthermore, according to the Hanafi school, the testimony of an unbeliever is acceptable, whereas the testimony of someone who has strayed from the path of the Shari‘a is rejected. For he is perfidious." (The Flashes, 17th Flash, Bediuzzaman) |
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