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While grazing through Trencherbone's excellent "Everything You Need to Know About Islam"
compendium, I cam across this address by Ibn Warraq on the subject of Islam, apostasy and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The whole thing is well worth the read, but this paragraph jumped right out:
Any verbal denial of any principle of Muslim belief is considered apostasy. If one declares, for example, that the universe has always existed from eternity or that God has a material substance, then one is an apostate. If one denies the unity of God or confesses to a belief in reincarnation, one is guilty of apostasy. Certain acts are also deemed acts of apostasy, for example treating a copy of the Koran disrespectfully, by burning it or even soiling it in some way. Some doctors of Islamic law claim that a Muslim becomes an apostate if he or she enters a church, worships an idol, or learns and practises magic. A Muslim becomes an apostate if he defames the Prophet's character, morals or virtues, and denies Muhammad's prophethood and that he was the seal of the prophets.
(Just an idle thought, but if Muhammad was the seal of the prophets, could he balance a ball on his nose while flapping his flippers together? For a fish?)
While such action may not be subject to enforcement of the death penalty against apostasy from Islam -- here or in other Muslim and non-Muslim countries -- the "chilling effect" of this traditional attitude expresses itself in the Muslim's fear of being ostracized by the Ummah for speaking out too boldly about the shortcomings of the Krayon, the cruelties built into Sharia, the injustice of accusations by Islamists against the West, arrogant jihadist imams seeking to build a rabat at Ground Zero, and the numerous other inconvenies living in a kuffar country imposes upon the Believers. They may secretly hope the jihad will fail and that they can continue their comfortable lifestyle amongst the kuffar. Let those such as Imam Rauf taqiyya away about "building bridges". The average "moderate muslim" is more concerned about not "burning bridges" with the Ummah if s/he can possibly avoid it.
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Another Reason For All Those Missing "Moderate" Muslims
While grazing through Trencherbone's excellent "Everything You Need to Know About Islam"
compendium, I cam across this address by Ibn Warraq on the subject of Islam, apostasy and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The whole thing is well worth the read, but this paragraph jumped right out:
Any verbal denial of any principle of Muslim belief is considered apostasy. If one declares, for example, that the universe has always existed from eternity or that God has a material substance, then one is an apostate. If one denies the unity of God or confesses to a belief in reincarnation, one is guilty of apostasy. Certain acts are also deemed acts of apostasy, for example treating a copy of the Koran disrespectfully, by burning it or even soiling it in some way. Some doctors of Islamic law claim that a Muslim becomes an apostate if he or she enters a church, worships an idol, or learns and practises magic. A Muslim becomes an apostate if he defames the Prophet's character, morals or virtues, and denies Muhammad's prophethood and that he was the seal of the prophets.
(Just an idle thought, but if Muhammad was the seal of the prophets, could he balance a ball on his nose while flapping his flippers together? For a fish?)
While such action may not be subject to enforcement of the death penalty against apostasy from Islam -- here or in other Muslim and non-Muslim countries -- the "chilling effect" of this traditional attitude expresses itself in the Muslim's fear of being ostracized by the Ummah for speaking out too boldly about the shortcomings of the Krayon, the cruelties built into Sharia, the injustice of accusations by Islamists against the West, arrogant jihadist imams seeking to build a rabat at Ground Zero, and the numerous other inconvenies living in a kuffar country imposes upon the Believers. They may secretly hope the jihad will fail and that they can continue their comfortable lifestyle amongst the kuffar. Let those such as Imam Rauf taqiyya away about "building bridges". The average "moderate muslim" is more concerned about not "burning bridges" with the Ummah if s/he can possibly avoid it.
-
Inventing Moderate Islam It can’t be done without confronting mainstream Islam and its sharia agenda From Andrew McCarthy at National Review: ‘Secularism can never enjoy a general acceptance in an Islamic society.” The writer was not one...
- Iran Sets Law To Execute Apostates And Converts From Islam Worldwide
Iran introduces law that imposes death penalty on converts Friday, 8th February 2008. 10:24am By: George Conger. LEGISLATION has been brought by the government of President Mahmoud Amadinejad before the Iranian Majlis that would...
- Saying "good Riddance!" To Islam
Two days ago:A group of young Muslim apostates launches a campaign today, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, to make it easier to renounce Islam.The provocative move reflects a growing rift between traditionalists and a younger generation...
- To Islam, Apostasy Is Sedition
As I say, Sharia is the Islamic Constitution, and Islam is a warrior ideology. Put those two things together and it is only natural that apostasy would be considered the equivalent of sedition. Here's evidence, from Jihad Watch: This morning the...
- Apostasy In Islam - Ridda
Classical orthodox Islam regards leaving Islam, apostasy (ridda) with great seriousness. According to the Quran for whom leaves Islam the only punishment to be expected for the apostate (murtadd) is by God at doomsday. The Hadith - traditions relating...