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<blockquote data-quote="Myst" data-source="post: 34437" data-attributes="member: 24">Jazakallah khair for the effort brother.First, Islam is not &quot;the religion of peace&quot;. This label came from non-Muslims and is typically used in a sarcastic way when discussing extremist violence. I&#039;ve never heard it called the religion of peace by imams or during khutbahs for example. Islam is the religion of submission to Allah ﷻ, that&#039;s what Islam means.Secondly, the laws on death for apostasy are typically taken out of context and blown out of proportion. It should be thought of more as capital punishment for treason than like some kind of sharia-sponsored systematic extermination of people who change their beliefs.Capital punishment for apostasy can only be carried out in an Islamic state governing by the sharia once a judge has decided so with adequate proof. Adequate proof being publicly announcing it or 4 witnesses. The death for apostasy came out during a time of war where the Muslims were heavily persecuted and targeted.&nbsp;So at the time, publicly declaring no longer being Muslim was essentially switching sides to the enemy tantamount to treason. Capital punishment is pretty common for treason, even today in many countries. To be clear, the punishment for apostasy cannot be carried out by individuals or vigilantes just because it&#039;s believed someone left Islam. That would be considered murder and the unjust killing of a person is obviously haram and considered a major sin.Given the actual circumstances and rules of the law, if you do some research you will see that historically the death penalty for apostasy was not super common in during the time of the caliphates because of the heavy burden of proof to justify. Even today, how common is it really? Like is it responsible for a lot of deaths every year and something that is clearly being misused? The below article is a good read.<a href="https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-issue-of-apostasy-in-islam" target="_blank">https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-issue-of-apostasy-in-islam</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Myst, post: 34437, member: 24"] Jazakallah khair for the effort brother. First, Islam is not "the religion of peace". This label came from non-Muslims and is typically used in a sarcastic way when discussing extremist violence. I've never heard it called the religion of peace by imams or during khutbahs for example. Islam is the religion of submission to Allah ﷻ, that's what Islam means. Secondly, the laws on death for apostasy are typically taken out of context and blown out of proportion. It should be thought of more as capital punishment for treason than like some kind of sharia-sponsored systematic extermination of people who change their beliefs. Capital punishment for apostasy can only be carried out in an Islamic state governing by the sharia once a judge has decided so with adequate proof. Adequate proof being publicly announcing it or 4 witnesses. The death for apostasy came out during a time of war where the Muslims were heavily persecuted and targeted. So at the time, publicly declaring no longer being Muslim was essentially switching sides to the enemy tantamount to treason. Capital punishment is pretty common for treason, even today in many countries. To be clear, the punishment for apostasy cannot be carried out by individuals or vigilantes just because it's believed someone left Islam. That would be considered murder and the unjust killing of a person is obviously haram and considered a major sin. Given the actual circumstances and rules of the law, if you do some research you will see that historically the death penalty for apostasy was not super common in during the time of the caliphates because of the heavy burden of proof to justify. Even today, how common is it really? Like is it responsible for a lot of deaths every year and something that is clearly being misused? The below article is a good read. [URL]https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-issue-of-apostasy-in-islam[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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