Re: Being killed for marrying a christian man and leaving Islam
I support every Shariah “rule”, so long as it has foundation in Quran and Sunnah, and is endorsed by the majority of scholars to be applicable in relevant situations, and countries. That doesn’t mean that I support anyone being killed for not becoming a muslim, or for leaving Islam because that matter is with Allah alone. For reference we need to look back at early muslims because they were the best of muslims from the best generation. When the early muslims migrated to Abyssinia, one of them became a Christian, and he announced his conversion to Christianity. His wife left him because she could not tolerate being with a non-muslim, but he was left to be and nothing was done to prevent him from being a Christian. He died a natural death as a Christian. That example is good enough for me as evidence to support what I believe, unless I learn something more concrete. Further more, the Quran itself says that “There is no compulsion in religion”.
Now as for Shariah in definition; well it means Commandments of Allah on how to govern our daily lives, and their application as founded in the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Being a muslim, it is compulsory to follow the commands of Allah as best as possible, otherwise how will someone be a muslim? Name/Country/Language do not make someone a muslim, it is actions that define a muslim. Allah knows best what we intend, and where our heart rest in terms of beliefs.
This is just my personal view. A person with more knowledge may be able to shed more light on this. To take a life unjustly is to kill the whole of humanity. Every incident should not require a blanket statement, each circumstance is different and should be observed. That’s what courts do when dispensing justice, and that’s what we must practice when speaking of laws. The accused person is saying that she is a practicing christian and her mother raised her as such, then Government has no business labeling her a muslim; that is total injustice. If the government was fair, it would be a non-issue because a christian woman marries a christian man. It’s a reason to celebrate; not kill one or the other.
And I would like to see dollars grow on trees so that I can quit my day job, and spend that time in arguing why this view is skewed and far from reality. But reality dictates that is very unlikely to happen.
Reality of the matter is what this case has brought forth is laws being applied that have no foundation for application, and every incident like this serves to highlight the ignorance of Muslim Governments and how distant they have become from the teaching of Islam in practice, and in essence. That is my personal view based on the example I quoted above. I would love to see people being realistic when discussing situations of other countries while keeping in mind that you may dislike the application of the law, but to argue that a law should not exist is beyond unfair because firstly, it’s a country with a huge majority believing in the religious scripture which dictates laws (at least on paper anyways), and secondly it’s injustice because to want to impose alien laws on majority that do not believe in them would be unfair and unacceptable by any society. Why not conduct a survey of Sudan and see how Sudanese feel about secular laws? (Wiki: Religion plays an important role in Sudan, with (97%)[SUP][2]](Religion in Sudan - Wikipedia)[/SUP] of the country’s population adhering to Islam.)
I feel the more things like this are discovered, the better because it separates the misguided among muslims, and the strong (and justified) criticism that follows gives muslims an opportunity to introspect and revert to Islamic teachings to learn the truth. Some are guided by what they find in that truth, while others leave the truth altogether. Either way Islam moves on and with it better and more informed muslims.