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Message started by freediver on Sep 27th, 2008 at 11:19pm

Title: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Sep 27th, 2008 at 11:19pm
There was some discussion here a while back about whether in Islam the penalty of death by stoning applied to apostasy, with some suggesting it only applied to treason. This is an odd claim, as you wouldn't normally confuse the two crimes.  The apparent strangeness of the claim shed some light on the issue. Islam is a state based religion, calling for a single nation governing all Muslim lands. Under such a nation, the difference between rejecting the religion and rejecting the state would become very blurred, especially to a bureaucrat. If enough people adopted a different religion, this would be a direct threat to the state, espcially if they started forming links with their co-religionists from abroad.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:02am
Abu, you said here that apostasy is a capital offence:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1223540962/6#6

Does that only apply to people who become Muslim then reject it? Or does it apply to all non-Muslims? What about people who claim to be Muslims but are considered apostates by 'the establishment'? I think you said you consider Shiits to be apostates.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by abu_rashid on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:12am


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Does that only apply to people who become Muslim then reject it? Or does it apply to all non-Muslims?


Do you know what the word apostasy means?  If you did, you wouldn't be asking such a ridiculous question.


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What about people who claim to be Muslims but are considered apostates by 'the establishment'? I think you said you consider Shiits to be apostates.


If you can quote me saying that, we might have a discussion on our hands, otherwise it's just hot air, blow it elsewhere.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:14am
Wouldn't it be easier to just answer the questions?

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by Gaybriel on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:19am
yeah come on abu! bring back the adab brother  :)

I don't know what apostasy is either  :-[  :-/

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by jordan484 on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:34am

abu_rashid wrote on Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:12am:
Do you know what the word apostasy means?  If you did, you wouldn't be asking such a ridiculous question.

Abandonment of one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause?

A total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. ?

Is the formal religious disaffiliation or abandonment or renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes by sociologists without the pejorative connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciation and criticism of, or opposition to, one's former religion. One who commits apostasy is an apostate, or one who apostatizes. The word derives from Greek αποστασία (apostasia), meaning a defection or revolt, from απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing"?

Apostasy in Islam (Arabic: ارتداد, irtidād or ridda) is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim.
The four major Sunni and the one major Shia Madh'hab (schools of Islamic jurisprudence) agree that a sane adult male apostate must be executed.[1] They differ on the punishment for a female apostate - some schools calling for death and others for imprisonment. According to Wael Hallaq nothing of the apostasy law are derived from the Qur'an,[2] although the jurist al-Shafi'i interpreted the Qu'ranic verse 2:217 as providing the main evidence for apostasy being a capital crime in Islam.[3]?

So, what is it, abu, and what does it mean?

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by abu_rashid on Oct 10th, 2008 at 1:38pm

Gaybriel,


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yeah come on abu! bring back the adab brother


Since you're new here, you can be forgiven for not realising, but freediver just asks the same questions over and over, misquotes Malik and I, as if we're the same unified person, and just continually asks badgering questions. You'll get used to it though, and you'll appreciate why I don't run to answer his every question.

freediver,


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Wouldn't it be easier to just answer the questions?


The answer to the first question will be apparent if you read the definition Jordan kindly provided for you. The answer to the second question is not going to happen, because it is merely an attempt to cause friction between Malik and myself by fabricating lies about what  I've supposedly said. So if you have a quote from me claiming Shi'a are apostates, bring it. If you don't, cut the crap.

Jordan,


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So, what is it, abu, and what does it mean?


You just posted a dictionary definition of it (including an Islamic one) and you still don't know what it is?

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Oct 10th, 2008 at 2:03pm
So it only applies to people who become Muslims but then repent?

What if someone is 'born into' a Muslim family and society. Do they ever have to make a conscious choice to be regarded as a Muslim?

What about people who claim to be Muslims but are considered apostates by 'the establishment'?

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by Gaybriel on Oct 10th, 2008 at 2:05pm

abu_rashid wrote on Oct 10th, 2008 at 1:38pm:
Gaybriel,


Quote:
yeah come on abu! bring back the adab brother


Since you're new here, you can be forgiven for not realising, but freediver just asks the same questions over and over, misquotes Malik and I, as if we're the same unified person, and just continually asks badgering questions. You'll get used to it though, and you'll appreciate why I don't run to answer his every question.


lol- sounds like fun!

I can see why your patience wears thin already

I'm just being annoying by trying to bring back peace, love and the mungbeans

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Oct 10th, 2008 at 2:18pm
Abu posted this in the sex with animals thread:

Firstly we need to be clear, this appears to be a Shi'a website, and even then it is an Ithna Ashari website, which are a sub-sect of the Shi'a (albeit the largest one). To make a claim about Islam, based on a website by a tiny sect, who are clearly astray from the mainstream is just ridiculous. Please don't use the term "Islam", use the term "Shi'a" if you must, as my religion has nothing to do with this nonsense you're proclaiming.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by jordan484 on Oct 10th, 2008 at 3:50pm

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You just posted a dictionary definition of it (including an Islamic one) and you still don't know what it is?

No, I know what it is, I want to know what you think it is. Since you are becoming quite obtuse with the question answering of late.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Oct 10th, 2008 at 3:54pm
One of the foundations of effective communication is paraphrasing what the other person said and checking with them to see if you have understood it correctly. The importance of this cannot be overemphasised, as failure to do so is the root cause of most failures to communicate. It is extremely naive to expect to be able to communicate effectively without doing this. It may appear tedious, but it is a lot better than getting to the end, only to realise something is wrong because you misunderstood something at the very beginning.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by sprintcyclist on Oct 10th, 2008 at 4:03pm
Another foundation is to directly, simply and honestly answer a question.

Do NOT divert or answer another question.
That sort of arrogant dismissive diversionary tactic encourages endless mindless pointless arguments.

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Jan 20th, 2009 at 2:59pm
I notice that Muslims use the term 'reversion' rather than conversion. Does this have any impact on whether someone is considered to have apostasysed?

Does the death penalty only apply to people who become Muslim but then repent?

What if someone is 'born into' a Muslim family and society. Do they ever have to make a conscious choice to be regarded as a Muslim?

What about people who claim to be Muslims but are considered apostates by 'the establishment'?

Title: Re: Apostasy, treason and stoning
Post by freediver on Jan 21st, 2009 at 3:34pm
Abu do you agree that the death penalty for apostasy has no legitimate basis in Islam?

Title: freedom of religion
Post by freediver on Jan 28th, 2009 at 12:24pm
Does this undermine the concept of freedom of religion in Islam?

"Allah 's Apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' ...."

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.196

Also, how can Islam claim to promote freedom of religion while killing apostates, while denying Dhimmis all basic rights by denying them access to the court to defend any 'nominal rights' they have, while treating other non-Muslim groups even worse, while forbidding the construction of churches and synagogues, while forcing Dhimmis into a condition of humiliation, segregation and discrimination etc?

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