The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 169
169 proclamations about freedom of religion and the freedom of conscience. THE QUESTION IS: After this general agreement and unanimity of the Prophets as that there is no punishment for apostasy, how could it be that the Holy Prophet sa — about whom his enemies maintained that he was an apostate and should thus be punished— would leave the party of the Prophets as and join the party of their enemies and announce that each apostate should be punished by death or other dreadful methods? It is astonishing that the scholars of today, whilst claiming love for the Holy Prophet sa , would make this assertion! Why, surely they must feel embarrassed. Do they not simply wish to die with mortification! How dare they utter such claims, when all Prophets as , unanimously and without exception, continuously one after the other, dismissed the tenet of death penalty for apostasy. Each time God bore witness that these Prophets as were true in what they said and that there is no compulsion in religion and those who promoted compulsion in matters of faith and suggested the punishment for apostasy were all liars and ignoble. God destroyed and obliterated them all. Leave all other arguments against apostacy aside and just consider what class you are (God forbid) dragging the Holy Prophet sa into. Most certainly this