Title
Capital Punishment for Apostasy in Islam
Source of Publication
Arab Law Quarterly
Abstract
Copyright © 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. This article sheds light on the Islamic legal ruling concerning apostasy (riddah). It reviews the verses of the Qur'an and the Hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad concerning apostasy, with the aim of reaching a firm conclusion on this topic, particularly because Islam has been accused of being a religion that forces people to embrace it, even against peoples' free will. The article also reviews Muslim scholars' points of view concerning this topic and the historical circumstances and conditions regarding it. The article concludes that Islam never sentences anyone to death for eschewing Islam; it merely does so for riddah.
Document Type
Article
First Page
439
Last Page
461
Publication Date
1-1-2018
DOI
10.1163/15730255-12324033
Recommended Citation
Baker, Man, "Capital Punishment for Apostasy in Islam" (2018). Scopus Indexed Articles. 1136.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/scopus-indexed-articles/1136