Re: Javed Ahmed Ghamdi
As according to the Qur'an, a person can only claim his citizenship as Muslim if he prays and gives Zakah. As Qur'an says: So if they repent and are diligent in the prayer and pay the zakah, they shall become your brothers in religion. (9:11)
When Abu Bakr (ra) started Jihad against rejectors of Zakat, he was actually doing Jihad against deniers of the truth after Itmam al-hujjah. And the Qur'an gave clear directions to fight against them e.g. 9:5 and 9:29.
Well, 09:05 is about Mushrikeen, no?
فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُواْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُواْ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ فَإِن تَابُواْ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتَوُاْ الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّواْ سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
009.005 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Mushrikeen wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
I just wrote it as an example, not as a fact.
Those whom Saiyidina Abu Bakr radhiyAllahu 'anhu fought were not Mushrikeen but they had embraced Islam before, Abu Bakr did their Qitaal because they rejected Zakaat, a pillar of faith, and so they became Apostates, there were other Apostates too whom Saiyidina Abu Bakr fought.
The verse 09:11 is again about Mushrikeen / Pagans, that if they repent and embrace Islam (and establish salaah and pay zakaah), they are our brothers, no?
Now the vers 09:29 for Itmam Hujjah on you:
قَاتِلُواْ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَلاَ بِالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَلاَ يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَلاَ يَدِينُونَ دِينَ الْحَقِّ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ حَتَّى يُعْطُواْ الْجِزْيَةَ عَن يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ
009.029 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
So again this verse doesn't address those whom Saiyidina Abu Bakr fought. Isn't it?
Since you yourself have accepted that Abu Bakr radhiyAllahu 'anhu fought those who rejected Zakaah, means Apostates need to be killed by Believers and Ghamidi and his followers who don't believe in it are outside the fold of Islam. They can be our brothers once again if they repent and enter Islam fully.