Shaming the Shameless Apologists of Islam: Apostasy in Islam

Secret Iranian execution: Iran legislated death for apostasy

Here's a look at just what apostasy means under Islam.

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Shaming the Shameless Apologists of Islam: Apostasy in Islam
by Ibrahim Lone

We at Islam-watch have taken it upon ourselves to reveal the truth about Islam to Non-Muslims as well as those Muslims who are mistaken about their religious beliefs. Yet we find countless apologists in the face of massive evidences to deny bare facts about Islam which have been recorded in the countess traditions of Islam. These traditions come to us mostly from the Authentic sources which were reported by either the Prophet Muhammad, the Sahabas (Muhammad's companions) etc. For any Muslim to deny these sources is the equivalent of denying Islam. Hence I address this series of articles to shaming those shameless apologists who love telling lies while they reveal their real intents.
Today we shall be discussing Apostasy in Islam in depth. We shall be seeing the Fatwas by various schools of thought both Sunni as well as Shia.

What does Apostasy mean in Islam?
Apostasy is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has ever been a Muslim. This includes those born into Islam as well as those who are converts. There are no exceptions at all.
The four major Sunni Madh’hab (schools of Islamic Jurisprudence) and the Twelve Shi’a Jafari Madh’hab agree that any sane adult male apostate must be executed. However they differ on the punishment for a female apostate-while some schools call for death, there are others which call for imprisonment. The jurist Al-Shafi’i , after whom the Shfi’i sect was formed, interpreted Qu'ranic verse 2:217 as providing the main evidence for apostasy being a capital crime in Islam.
A minority of medieval Islamic jurists, such as Hanafi jurist Saakshi, Maliki jurist Abu al-walid Al-Baji and Ibn Taymiyya And the Shi’a Grand Ayotollah Hoseein-Ali Motantazi Argued that issuing fatwas issued for the purpose of the execution of Apostates was not valid. However these opinions are in a negligible minority.

What constitutes apostasy in Islam?
Apostasy is not a small issue in Islam. Over the years Islamic Jurisprudents developed a system to identify an Apostate. Let us go through the various conditions which render a person as an Apostate.
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