I feel thankful about Ex-Muslims and anti Muslims,even from within my family,for is that they give us a chance to discuss and put straight the misconceptions about the faith. They should therefore never be disallowed to speak out, and yes I feel my faith and knowledge is strong enough to withstand their allegations!
Regarding apostasy, as it has been discussed time and again in QL, the death sentence is NOT prescribed for all apostates. Verses of the Quran cannot merely be applied as it is without knowledge of why and to who were they revealed about. The apostates mentioned in the Quran, who were put to death, were not merely those who left Islam. They were a people who pretended to convert, only to then betray the Muslims, steal their properties and kill them. It was to them that the verses of apostasy was revealed.
On the other hand there were others who left Islam, who the Prophet never killed.And the evidence to all of this can be found in the authentic Prophetic narrations, aka hadiths, which the Muslim must also follow along with the Quran, and it is these narrations that are also used to explain the Quran. And these show that it's not all apostates who are to be put to death, and that it's not merely giving up your Islamic faith that earns you a death penalty.
Of course people today misinterpret these verses, and use them to prove Islam to be a malevolent religion. And the misguided Muslims, committing evil and extreme acts, only strengthen these ideologies. Therefore it's important for the moderate Muslims upon the Sunnah to discuss these issues with others, out in the open, and not out law them!
I feel thankful about Ex-Muslims and anti Muslims,even from within my family,for is that they give us a chance to discuss and put straight the misconceptions about the faith. They should therefore never be disallowed to speak out, and yes I feel my faith and knowledge is strong enough to withstand their allegations!
Regarding apostasy, as it has been discussed time and again in QL, the death sentence is NOT prescribed for all apostates. Verses of the Quran cannot merely be applied as it is without knowledge of why and to who were they revealed about. The apostates mentioned in the Quran, who were put to death, were not merely those who left Islam. They were a people who pretended to convert, only to then betray the Muslims, steal their properties and kill them. It was to them that the verses of apostasy was revealed.
On the other hand there were others who left Islam, who the Prophet never killed.And the evidence to all of this can be found in the authentic Prophetic narrations, aka hadiths, which the Muslim must also follow along with the Quran, and it is these narrations that are also used to explain the Quran. And these show that it's not all apostates who are to be put to death, and that it's not merely giving up your Islamic faith that earns you a death penalty.
Of course people today misinterpret these verses, and use them to prove Islam to be a malevolent religion. And the misguided Muslims, committing evil and extreme acts, only strengthen these ideologies. Therefore it's important for the moderate Muslims upon the Sunnah to discuss these issues with others, out in the open, and not out law them!