What is it about?
This article sheds light on the Islamic legal ruling concerning apostasy (rid-dah). It reviews the verses of the Qur’an and the Hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad concerning apostasy, with the aim of reaching a firm conclu-sion on this topic, particularly because Islam has been accused of being a religion that forces people to embrace it, even against peoples’ free will. The article also reviews Muslim scholars’ points of view concerning this top-ic and the historical circumstances and conditions regarding it. The article concludes that Islam never sentences anyone to death for eschewing Islam; it merely does so for riddah.
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Why is it important?
it is so important to understand how Islam looks to non-believers, even if they rejected Islam, as long as they do not wage war or provoke against its teachings .
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as I had to read more in depth is Islamic discourse. moreover, i had to unveil some important attitudes from Islam history and Mohammed PBUH and his companions.
Man Baker
Zayed University
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This page is a summary of: Capital Punishment for Apostasy in Islam, Arab Law Quarterly, March 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15730255-12324033.
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