To Kill an Apostate

Some Muslim leaders in America deny that there are any threats to the lives and safety of Muslims who decide to leave Islam. It is as though they have no role to play in changing the status quo of the tyranny of Islam. Muslim groups who call themselves “moderate” are strangely silent about the persecution, torture, killing, and imprisonment of apostates, women, and non-Muslims all over the Muslim world. All they seem to care about is pacifying the American public and convincing them that Islam is a “religion of peace,” while hiding from view the fact that 1.2 billion Muslims are living under the tyranny of Sharia Islamic law, and how that tyranny is creeping into the West.

Whenever asked about what is happening in the Muslim world and its tragic impact on the West, critics are accused of being “Islamophobes” who need sensitivity training. What defenders of Islam say is: “We believe that Islam is a religion of peace and thus you too must believe the same, and never mind what your gut tells you or what is actually happening to your country from the Islamic invasion.” They want us to disregard those who issue fatwas of death against Western politicians such as Geert Wilders, cartoonists, film makers, apostates, and practically any one who dares ask the difficult questions Islam has refused to answer since its inception.

On Nov. 19, 2009, Sheila Musaji, editor of the American Muslim, wrote an article attacking Former Muslims United (FMU). Ms. Musaji state:

This FMU pledge is simply another attempt to create propaganda (planting the idea that American Muslims have not taken a position against punishments for apostasy) and to attempt to make it seem as if only former Muslims can stand for what is right, and frankly to attempt to increase the visibility of the FMU at the expense of the Muslim community. This is shameful behavior (although typical [1] of members of this group who go beyond denouncing Islamic radicalism to denouncing all of Islam) and is simply another example of attempting to marginalize the Muslim community and bolster the false claim [2] that Muslims don’t speak up against injustices, extremism, etc.

FMU sent over 165 letters (Muslim Pledge for Religious Freedom and Safety from Harm for Former Muslims) to various Muslim leaders in America. We needed their support and for them to prove how dedicated they are in reforming the radicals whom they believe are not true Muslims. The pledge states that they repudiate the laws and commandments that condemn apostates to death or discrimination under Islam.

But unfortunately, Muslim groups operating in America have not signed our plea letter or even responded. Only two Muslim reformists signed the pledge, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser and Mr. Ali Alyami.

On September 24, 2009 however, two days after we mailed our pledges, Musaji wrote an article stating: “We live in a country where such freedom [of religion] is a foundational principle and must be defended. We must continue to insist on the Islamic principle that there is ‘no compulsion in religion.’”

Musaji is an educated Muslim and she must be fully aware that the “no compulsion in religion” verses have been abrogated by all the learned Imams of Islam who wrote the Sharia and who found commandments in Koran and Hadith to justify killing apostates. She posted a list of a few peaceful verses in the Koran while willfully ignoring the majority of Islamic scriptures stating otherwise.

Muslim apologists often speak from both sides of their mouths. On the one hand, they assure Americans that Islam has nothing in it that condemns apostates to death. On the other hand, they state that announcing publicly that one has left Islam and the reasons for leaving, are grounds for charges of treason. After world condemnation of Islamic tyranny, many Muslim countries are working around the law of apostasy by still killing apostates, but for a different stated reason. If a Muslim declares publicly that he has left Islam and why, this in itself is considered treason, and thus, governments can arrest apostates, torture, imprison, and kill that person. But they officially state that it is due to treason, as if the person had committed espionage or some other crime against national security. As long as a Muslim keeps silent about his apostasy and acts as a Muslim, he is left alone. But the minute he or she starts attending a church, all hell breaks loose. They are arrested for disturbing the peace, causing fitna divisions, and treason; that is the modern way of killing apostates inside Egypt today.

The only religion on earth that has multiple answers to every question is Islam. If you ask a Catholic what is the Vatican position on abortion, the answer is clear: even if they disagree with the Vatican, they will say that Catholicism does not allow abortion. But Muslims in America seem to teach, at least temporarily, religious principles that stand in stark contradiction with the core ideology of Islam. Such lies about what Islam is has worked in favor of Muslim expansion. This confusion and double talk in Islam works well in silencing others.

Musaji tells her community “we need to deal with the issue of apostasy within our community.” She tries to convince us that this issue is just a small community matter, but ignores the true source of the problem, which is that 45 Muslim countries around the world legally state that Sharia law supercedes any other law. She has never stated unequivocally that she condemns any laws in Islam that states that apostates must be killed. She was very careful in how she worded her objections to killing apostates. From her writing, you can tell she is trying to have it both ways - not openly objecting to Islamic law, while still trying to tell America she is for freedom of religion. Apparently her seemingly more tolerant views are a form of adaptation to American law, until her dream of Islamizing America is accomplished and the ugly reality of Sharia within or borders is actualized.

On her website, Musaji has a map of the USA with Arabic Islamic “in the name of Allah” pasted on the center of the map, the same as the Saudi flag. This speaks for itself as to the true goals of Islam in America.

By Nonie Darwish
www.frontpagemag.com

Nonie Darwish is the author of “Now They Call Me Infidel” and “Cruel and Usual Punishment.” She is the president of Former Muslims United.

[1] although typical: http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyprincetonian.com%2F2009%2F11%2F19%2F24497%2F

[2] false claim: http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Ftheamericanmuslim.org%2Ftam.php%2Ffeatures%2Farticles%2Fmuslim_voices_against_extremism_and_terrorism_2%2F