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Why were the hypocrites not killed?

There is a narration where a sahabi was given a list of the hypocrites of Madina, so the prophet (pbuh) knew of them but didn't do anything to them. Why did he do this if the punishment of apostasy is ...
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What is Shiite view on "Ali burning people"?

I was reading an answer to a question on this site. Here is it : https://islam.stackexchange.com/a/254/51089 The answer states that Ali burnt some people for a reason as : It is related from ‘Ikrima ...
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Why was the bedouin not given the punishment for apostasy?

Narrated By Jabir bin ‘Abdullah : A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Apostle for Islam and the bedouin got a fever where upon he said to the Prophet “Cancel my Pledge.” But the Prophet ...
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How does Islam look on someone that leaves the religion [duplicate]

Is it true when you leave islam that Islamic communitity must kill him or her? And how does Islam treats ex-muslims??
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Can polytheists pay jizya?

In this Hadith prophet is allowing the polytheists the option of Jizyah: ...When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action... Invite them to (accept) Islam.... ...
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Does Bulugh Al Maram Hadith Number 1242 Promote the killing of people that leave their own religion? [duplicate]

It says Ibn 'Abbas (RA) narrated that The Messenger of Allah said, “He who changes his religion (i.e. apostates) kill him.” Related by Al-Bukhari. (Bulugh al-Maram) I was shocked when i saw whis, is ...
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Why did Muhammad (SAW) say, "If anybody discards his religion then kill him"?

A Christian asked me that why Islam says to execute one who changes his religion. He gave a hadith as reference. The hadith : Narrated Ikrima: Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn `Abbas, ...
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My Muslim best friend turned Atheist, what am I supposed to do?

Pretty much the title. My Muslim (now ex) college best friend recently turned Atheist and I'm not sure what I should do now. I've tried my best to convince him back to Islam but now after weeks of ...
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Is there a formal process to legally leave Islam?

For whatever reason, an ex-Muslim might desire to be legally recognized as a non-Muslim under sharia. A question on Quora asks about a specific case of this, where a Muslim woman wants to formally ...
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is it true that if you join Islam you can't leave it anymore or you face death penalty? [duplicate]

Reading about Islam I found this in Wikipedia Leaving Islam is a sin and a religious crime. Once any man or woman is officially classified as Muslim, because of birth or religious conversion, ...
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Is Islam a religion of peace? Or a political system that perpetuates violence? [closed]

I want to consider a few of the uncountably many thoughts/common conceptions one might list here: more than 18,000 terror attacks in the last decade were claimed on behalf of Islam. There have been ...
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Apostasy in Islam the punishment? [duplicate]

I keep reading that non Muslims attack Islam saying one of the reasons that Islam is false is the punishment is death. Is this true - I read a scholar saying the Prophet said those words for the ...
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Why would this teaching only matter if the man is in an Islamic state?

I asked the question: Is the belief that people who want to leave Islam should be put to death a widely held interpretation? My question was similar in nature to the question: Is punishment for ...
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Is the belief that people who want to leave Islam should be put to death a widely held interpretation?

I am not familiar with Islam, I hear many things about it that I have to assume are biased, perhaps ignorant dramatizations of the truth. One of these things that was said on national TV in the USA, ...
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Should non-violent Apostates be killed in Islam? [duplicate]

Verse [4:89] in the Quran states Apostates are to be killed: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for ...
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