The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 152

152 infact un-Islamic and thus carry on making the history of Islam murky and gory. However, now that the mullah has become used to this kill, he is not easily going to let go. If the world of Islam does not wake up and does not dismiss the dominance of the mullah as rubbish, and if the mullah is not forced to keep religious affairs separate from politics and to refrain from hurting the faith of Islam and to limit himself to preaching righteousness, prayer and worship, then the dreadful history will repeat itself! The present situation is backed by great political powers which wish Muslims kill Muslims, and Islam be destroyed by the world of Islam itself. AN IMPORTANT EXCERPT. I shall now present another excerpt from the Court of Inquiry and then move on to the conclusion of this subject. The Court of Inquiry acknowledges: "Apostasy in an Islamic State is punishable with death. On this the ulema are practically unanimous. " That is to say that only the religious scholars who appeared before the court unanimously concurred with this issue. Here the court is not referring to the renowned religious scholars who did not attend the court proceedings who hail from Pakistan as well as various other Arab countries. The court could not refer to them. Such scholars, currently as well as in the past, have striven against the punishment of death for apostasy, they have performed