Islam: Death and Fear

Imagine if you became a member of a new church in town, everything seemed to be wonderful at first, and then once you were a part of the body, they told you, "Welcome to the family of our church.  If you ever leave, we will kill you."

That is what Islam does.

Nonie Darwish, former Muslim, has written an incredible article on this, as well as provided a video.  The piece begins:

The most influential Sunni leader in the Middle East has just admitted what many of us who grew up as Muslims in the Middle East have always known: that Islam could not exist today without the killing of apostates.

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood and one of the most respected leaders of the Sunni world, recently said on Egyptian television, "If they [Muslims] had gotten rid of the punishment [often death] for apostasy, Islam would not exist today."

The most striking thing about his statement, however, was that it was not an apology; it was a logical, proud justification for preserving the death penalty as a punishment for apostasy.
Read the article for yourself at Islam Watch

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