7-9- Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out - Ibn Warraq

Ibn Warraq
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Ibn Warraq (born 1946) is the pen name of a secularist author of Pakistani origin and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society and a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry[1][2] [3] focusing on Qur'anic criticism. [4][5]

Warraq gathered world notice through his controversial historiographies of the early centuries of the Islamic timeline and has published works which question mainstream conceptions of the period. He is the author of seven books, including Why I Am Not a Muslim (1995), The Origins of the Koran (1998), and Quest for the Historical Muhammad, (2000). He has also spoken at the United Nations "Victims of Jihad" conference organized by the International Humanist and Ethical Union alongside speakers such as Bat Ye'or, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Simon Deng.[6]

The first part of the book presents an overview of the theological-juridical underpinnings of apostasy in Islam based upon the Quran, the hadiths and written opinions from classical schools of Islamic jurisprudence as well as contemporary written pronouncements of Islamic jurists.

The next section presents the history of the application of Islamic jurisdiction on apostates documenting notable cases from the early centuries of Islam, such as those of freethinkers Ibn al-Rawandi and Ar-Razi (865-925), or skeptical poets such as Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) and Hafiz (1320-89), or Sufi (mystic) practitioners including Mansur Al-Hallaj, executed in 922 and As-Suhrawardi executed in 1191, and the atheist Sulayman al-Ma'arri (973-1057).

This followed by numerous case studies covering modern day apostasies and conversions out of Islam trends throughout the world.

The later part contains testimonials of born Muslim apostates including the ex-Muslim Ali Sina and other western converts.



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[Islamisacultofmurder]

Islam teaches VIOLENCE, KILL for Allah!!!.

muslims will LIE with the pathetic Islamic EXCUSE that they KILL in self-defense .THIS is NOT in self-defense. IT URGES MUSLIMS TO FIGHT AND KILL FOR ALLAH, sura 9 : 111 Allah hath purchased of the Believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise): they FIGHT in HIS CAUSE(they kill for Allah), and KILL and they are KILLED

[Islamisacultofmurder]

THE QURAN TELLS MUSLIMS TO KILL.

quran 9 :5 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and SLAY(yes kill!!!) the unbelievers wherever ye find them, and 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.

[philsci1]

@Islamisacultofmurder There is a modern attempt to explain away this kind of incitement to violence by claiming that it is limited to historical contexts (apologists of islam like Karen Armstrong fully embrace this view). But a critical investigation of the different islamic traditions can show clearly that this view is untenable (the deeds of muhammad and the attack outside Arabia are enough for this). Finally before 1850 no muslim hid the fact that islam aim at world domination...

[Brichi60]

This is very interesting that Islam should be seen as 'imperialist' by certain people. It is similar to people wanting to find out about pre-Christian religions and culture in the West.