CategoryApostasy

Challenging the ISIS and Islamophobe Narrative on Islam

By Kashif Chaudhry
In Ahmadiyya, Apostasy, Blasphemy, International, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad, Op-eds
6 Min read
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Originally Published in The Huffington Post In the wake of the recent Paris attacks, new atheist writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali is screaming out at her loudest again. “Islam needs reform,” she insists. But is she right? We must understand that Muslims are not a monolith. They come in all colors and sects. I, for instance, identify with the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim...

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Pastor Nadarkhani, Islam and Punishment for Apostasy

By Harris Zafar
In Apostasy, Blasphemy, Human Rights, Islam, Op-eds, Sharia
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Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is currently on death row in Iran for the “crime” of converting to Christianity from Islam. The charges of his initial arrest in 2009 were for protesting, which were later changed to apostasy and evangelism. In Sept. 2010, an Iranian court verbally delivered a death sentence, which was then delivered in writing a month later by the 1st Court of the...

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