If you leave Islam, you die and if you say differently you are a "boozer and druggie"

Oh yes, it is time to blame those who are too impaired to fight back. It is always interesting to watch how Islam deflects any criticism of the texts and tenets onto the most spurious of excuses. At the same time there is always the upholding of the statement through Islamic doctrine, whether direct or inferred. There is nothing Islam won't do to continue the propagation and expansion of the worlds second largest religion.

From Translating Jihad November 8

Shaykh al-Huwayni: The Penalty for Apostasy Is Death; Only "Boozers and Druggies" Say Otherwise

How many times have we heard Western so-called 'experts' on Islam as well as politicians cite the

Qur'anic verse "there is no compulsion in religion" as an example of Islamic tolerance. According to

Egyptian Shaykh Abu-Ishaq al-Huwayni, all of those people might be "boozers and druggies," because

despite that verse, "Islam is a religion which has limitations and rulings." One of those, upon which all

scholars are in agreement, is that any Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed.

This is taken from a video clip posted on YouTube in May 2009. The subtitled video is above, and the

English transcript is below (thanks to Nonie Darwish for her help on this one):

"They say that freedom of conscience should be provided to every human being.... because

Allah Almighty says, 'There is no compulsion in religion'." So it is like a druggie interpreting

the Qur'an.

"There is no compulsion in religion?" True. "Whoever will may believe, and whoever will may

disbelieve?" True. However, this is on the condition that you do not enter the Islamic faith.

You are free. No one is compelled to believe in, or convert to, Islam. You're Christian? Be a

Christian. You're Jewish? Be a Jew. You're in any other religion? Be whatever you like.

But you should know that Islam is a religion that has limitations and rulings. One of its

established rulings, upon which all scholars unanimously agree, is that whoever enters Islam

voluntarily, not forcibly--it is not permissible for him to apostatize from Islam. If he does that,

the ruling upon him is death. You still want to enter the faith with this punishment? Fine. You

don't want to enter? Fine? We don't need a curse. We don't want you either. This is the

ruling in Islam.

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