Islam is not a religion of peace

300 million people that support the killing of random people on the streets? BS. Muslims do support Sharia Law, I myself support Sharia Law as well. Not agreeing with western standards does not mean that we support killing of whoever whenever. Islam has a dual meaning, submission and peace. The idea is that when you submit to the will of God you attain peace. I had a Christian friend, I have many atheist friends and my best friend is agnostic. Where are you getting your information from? Mufti Menk |What is Islam: As for such [of the unbelievers] as do not fight against you on account of [your] faith, and neither drive you forth from your homelands, God does not forbid you to show them kindness and to behave towards them with full equity: for, verily, God loves those who act equitably. (Quran 60:8) God only forbids you to turn in friendship towards such as fight against you because of [your] faith, and drive you forth from your homelands, or aid [others] in driving you forth: and as for those [from among you] who turn towards them in friendship; it is they, they who are truly wrongdoers! (Quran 60:9) You have many sources, yet you fail to give one. The 4 fiqh schools described a death penalty for those who leave the Islamic religion. There are certain laws behind them. First let me say that the Qur'an never speaks about the death penalty for apostasy. In fact it makes statements such as "There is no compulsion in religion" and "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve. " or "Indeed, those who have believed then disbelieved, then believed, then disbelieved, and then increased in disbelief". Sam Harris even admits to this fact. There are two main Sahih hadiths that are used to justify the death penalty 1. Whoever changes his religion, kill him. - Bukhari 2. It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim who bears witness that there is no god except Allaah and that I am His Messenger, except in one of three cases: a soul for a soul (i. e. , in the case of murder); a married man who commits adultery; and one who leaves his religion and splits from the jamaa'a (main group of Muslims). (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6878; Muslim, 1676) These laws have been taken from the Old Testament, which we also use as a source for rulings and laws. They have no basis within the Qur'an and the Sunnah. When will the death penalty be carried out? 1. The apostate lives in a Muslim country with complete Sharia Law (e. g. Saudi Arabia). 2. The apostate comes out publicly within the state (So you can apostate by keeping it to yourself) 3. If the apostate doesn't repent within 3 days when he is caught and interrogated 4. You're a male, there is no death penalty for the woman in this case 5. The Muslim king is the only one who can give a final verdict, so if he decided that the punishment is execution then the apostate is killed. So the death penalty can easily be avoided, if they don't then it is honestly the apostate's fault. As I said, Sharia Law is only based on the Fiqh schools. The death penalty is not to limit freedom of religion, but to avoid harm against the state and Islam. If we look at the life of the prophet Muhammad SAW not a single person was punished or killed for changing his private religion. What we find is that the Hadiths probably had to do with war, for example to avoid spies. Mufti Menk on leaving Islam and coming back: Bilal Philip on apostasy: Shabir Ally on apostasy: Hamza Yusuf on apostasy: Lebo on apostasy and Yasir Qadhi on apostasy: Conclusion The Qur'an never mentions a death penalty for apostasy. The few Hadiths that call for the death penalty contradict many other Sahih Hadiths and even contradict the Qur'an. The ruling on Hadiths that contradict the Qur'an is that the Hadiths can be ignored. Saudi Scholar talking about Hadith and Qur'an contradicting each other apostasy: Further we can find that you spoke about homosexuality. Homosexuality is only punishable if the person commits a homosexual act outside and publicly, it's not meant to limit freedom of sexual orientation. It's implemented to avoid harm to the Muslims and the youth. Homosexuality has always been seen as a mental disease or criminal act, even in western countries. It's just very recent that homosexuality is widely accepted due to the sexual revolution. The sexual revolution has only harmed our moral standards. We have car ads, beer ads, sports ads all filled with half-naked women so that the it attracts men's attention. In Islam people stay away from that nonsense. Your opinion about the Hijab isn't worth anything at all, you dislike modesty. I dislike women walking out like animals. It's subjective. Throughout this debate you didn't give me a single source, your forgot what you write and gave your opinion continuously.