The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 153
153 Jihad against the opinion and have written books. Therefore the court most certainly does not mean that all religious scholars were unanimous on this viewpoint, rather only those who had attended the court. The Court states: "And the same fate should befall Deobandis and Wahabis, including Maulana Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, Member, Board of Talimat-i- Islami attached to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, and Maulana Daud Ghaznavi, if Maulana Abul Hasanat Sayyad Muhammad Ahmad Qadri or Mirza Raza Ahmad Khan Barelvi, or any one of the numerous ulama who are shown perched on every leaf of a beautiful tree in the fatwa , Ex. D. E. 14, were the head of such Islamic State. And if Maulana Muhammad Shafi Deobandi were the head of the State, he would exclude those who have pronounced Deobandis as kafirs from the pale of Islam and invlict on them the death penalty if they come within the definition of murtadd , namely, if they have changed and not inherited their religious views. " 150 150 Report of the Court of Inquiry, Punjab Disturbances of 1953 – Page 219. [Publisher]