(BBC News) - I was staggered to learn that the Quran does not say anything about punishing apostates and that its proponents use two hadiths instead to support their view.
There's a widespread belief that the penalty for leaving Islam is death - hence, perhaps, the killing of a British teacher last week. But Shiraz Maher believes attitudes may be softening.
Ziya Miral's parents disowned him when he converted from Islam to Christianity.
"They said 'go away, you're not our son.' They told people I died in an accident rather than having the shame of their son leaving Islam."
It's too easy to say this is just a cultural problem
Shiraz Maher
Born and raised in Turkey, he decided to convert to Christianity after moving to university. He knew telling his parents would be a difficult moment even though they're not particularly observant Muslims, and he planned to break the news to them gently.
Posted by Raja Petra
Monday, 21 April 2008
Monday, 21 April 2008
read more..click Malaysian Today (sebelah kanan)
1 comment:
Salammalikum, saya sangat tersentuh dengan statement dalam artical kau. Walaupun saya tidak makan babi saya rasa betul dengan agam kamu yang ada kasih sayang. Tuhan kamu adalah Tuhan yang penyabar dan penyayang.
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