Persecution of Ex-Muslims /controversy

Narrated Ikrima: Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet said, If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' " - Read more quotes like these
Islam is the only religion in the World which does not allow its followers the freedom to change faith. According to Sharia Laws (extracted from the Quran and Hadith), apostates of Islam must be sentenced to death. This has led to ex-Muslims often being persecuted, abused and killed. This treatment of apostates is not simply down to the issue of state-enforced religion as some may suggest. As you will find out on this page, the violence or threats of violence against apostates in the Muslim world usually derives not from government authorities but from family members and individuals from the Islamic communities themselves, who operate very often with impunity from the government. This point is further emphasised by the persecution and murder of ex-Muslims which has now become evident in many Western non-Muslim societies.
This page contains news and information in regards to modern-day persecution of ex-Muslims around the world.
== Afganistan ==
*Taliban Vow to Execute Converts
*Taliban militants kill five Afghan men (including former mullah "Assad Ullah") who had converted to Christianity
*More Christians Arrested in Wake of ‘Apostasy’
*Christian Convert on Trial For Apostasy, Faces The Death Penalty
== Algeria ==
*Police Publicly Interrogate Ex-Muslim
*Prosecutor Demands 2-Year Sentence for Converts from Islam
*Ex-Muslim Christian Evangelist says Police, Others Targeting Him
*Court Pressures Woman Convert to Renounce Christ
*Authorities Detain Christians Leaving Prayer Meeting
== Azerbaijan==
*Azeri newspaper chief editor to be jailed for insulting Islam
== Bangladesh==
*Rights Group Urges US to Rescue Ex-Muslims
*Muslim neighbors strike converts with bricks, clubs & Threaten to Burn Down Homes; extremists say they will kill two
*Christian Villagers Again Beaten & Threatened, Police Assigned to Protect Them For 3 Months Pull-out After a Week
*Rights Group Rescues Ex-Muslims
*Muslims Force Converts Back to Islam
*Christian Convert Doctor Killed By Jihadists
*Convert Family Beaten & Cut, Local Council Threaten to Burn Home if They File Assault Case
*Muslims Drive Christian Grandparents From Home
*Christian Converts Life Threatened
*Daughter Converts to Christianity in US, Muslims Marginalize Family in Bangladesh, Husband Leaves & Family Members Cry Out For Divorce
*Death Threats Against the Family of Another Christian Convert From Islam
*Christian Converts Mother Wants to Convert. Husband Beats Her & Burns Bible. Threatens to do The Same to Her & Her Daughters
*Christian Convert From Islam & His Wife & Child Flee Their Home Which Was Set on Fire by Muslims. All 3 Threatened With Death
== Canada==
*Guinea Imam Issues Fatwa Against Son For Converting to Christianity, Convert Fights to Stay in Canada
== Chad==
*Convert Loses Family Members, Muslim In-Laws Seize His Wife, And Kill His Young Son
== Egypt==
*Christians Arrested in Egyptian Crackdown on Converts
*Convert Locked into Mental Hospital
*Ex-Muslims Harrassed in Egypt
*Christian who married Muslim convert captured trying to flee
*Egypt Arrests 22 Muslim converts to Christianity
*Christian Couple Imprisoned for Conversion
*Declaration of Christian Converts in Egypt
*Egyptians Persecuted for Turning to Christ
*Egypt's Christian converts risk abuse
*Christian convert from Islam Jailed
*Muslim sheikh jailed for 18 months for Converting to Christianity
*Cases of Christian converts to Islam will be heard - reports
*Convert Arrested For Marrying Christian
*Islamic Lawyers Urge Death Sentence For Convert
*Convert To Christianity In Hiding, Fearful Of Muslim Retribution
*Egyptian Muslims Turn Up the Heat on Christian Converts With Fresh Attacks & Legal Battles
*Egypt Bars Father & Daughter (Both Christian Converts) From Leaving Country; Several Calls For 'Spilling His Blood' Have Been Issued
== Ethiopia==
*Former Muslim Imam Hajji Husman Mohamed was beaten for his conversion to Christ
*Muslims Attack Apostates in Ethiopia
== Ghana==
*Christian Converts Face Threats and Violence
== India==
*Convert from Islam in India Remains on Death List
*Converts from Islam Kidnapped in Indian Kashmir and Tanzania
*Christian convert from Islam shot dead in Kashmir (November 21, 2006)
== Iraq==
*Christian convert killed in Iraq
*Convert Couple Stranded
*Christians Crucified In Iraq
== Iran==
*Christians Mourn Martyred Covert; Turkmen Pastor/Evangelist Had Come to Faith in Prison
*Lay Pastor May Face Martyrdom; Convert from Islam Accused of Evangelizing Muslims
*Convert Stabbed to Death
*Authorities Whipping Christian Couple For "Apostasy"
*Iran Outlaws Muslims To Convert
*Muslim Authorities charge converts from Islam with Apostasy in Iran
*Iran's secret police arrest long time convert
*New Converts Face Deteriorating Situation
*Imprisoned Iranian Pastor may Face Death Penalty
*Another Convert Faces Possible ‘Aapostasy’ Accusation
*Three Converts Ordered to Stop 'Christian Activities'
*Authorities Threaten Father of Christian Convert, Trying To Quell Ex-Muslim Son’s Human Rights Activities
*2 Christian Women Held in Notorious Prison for Leaving Islam; Growing Concerns They May Face Execution For Apostasy
*Sixteen Christian Converts Arrested; Including Six Women, Eight Men And Two Adolescents
*Authorities Arrest 27 Christians of a Muslim background (BMBs) at a Home Church
== Italy==
*Converts from Islam: unseen and unheard. Converts from Islam to Christianity are exposed to threats, even in the West.
== Jordan==
*Ex-Muslim Tried for Converting to Christianity
*Court Annuls Christian Convert’s Marriage
==Kosovo==
*A Gun Held To Youth’s Head In Church Attack, For Forsaking His Muslim Heritage
== Kuwait==
*Kuwait: Persecuted Convert Flees to America
== Kyrgyzstan==
*Intolerance against Muslim Converts to Christianity
*Lack of Religious freedom & Muslims Anger on Ex-Muslim Converts to Christianity
== Libya==
*Libya Tortures four Christian Coverts from Islam
== Malaysia==
*Woman is Refused Change of Religion
*Hindu Convert Held at an Islamic 'Rehabilitation' Center For Six Months
*Malay Muslim Converted To Christianity Tortured By Police
*Christian convert faces death threats
*Religious Laws Oppress Christian Converts
*Malay Woman Fights for Right to Convert
*Convert Receives Death Threats, Goes into Hiding
*Muslims Protest Rumored Baptisms
*Malaysian 'Muslim' Woman,Who Was Coerced Into Accepting Islam as a Child by a Government Welfare Home, Fights to Be Recognized as Hindu
== Morocco==
*Christian converts irk the world of Islam
== Nigeria==
*Cattleman severely tortured for receiving Christ
*The Life of a Convert in Nigeria: Fleeing Murder Threats
== Netherlands==
*Christian converts from Islam face death threats
*Netherlands’ Group Launches Shelters For Ex-Muslims
*American Christian Convert Flees Netherlands Amid Death Threats
== Pakistan==
*New Apostasy Bill to Impose Death on Anyone Who Leaves Islam
*Seher Shafi, a Muslim convert on run for safety with her baby Angela and husband Naveed Paul
*Ex-Muslim Christian come under constant threat and Torture
*Woman Raped for Leaving Islam
*Christian Pakistani teen escapes death
*New Poll Shows 78% Support Death Penalty for Leaving Islam ('extremist' Muslims are not the minority)
== Palestinian Authority area==
*Muslim Convert to Christianity Butchered
*Human rights abuses of Muslims who converted to Christianity in PA
== Philippines==
*Filipino Converts from Islam Facing Death Threats
== Saudi Arabia==
*Saudi convert to Christianity imprisoned
*Christian convert arrested and jailed
*Authorities Arrest Another Christian Convert
*Member of the Muttawa (Religious Police) Cuts off His Daughters Tongue & Burns Her to Death For Converting to Christianity
== Somalia==
*Convert from Islam to Christianity killed
*Christian Aid Worker Beheaded For Converting From Islam
*Christian in Kenya Refugee Camp Attacked, Shot
*Immigration Officials Threaten to Kill Convert From Islam Unless he Renounces Faith
*Convert From Islam Shot Dead: Islamic Extremist Rebel Group Hunts Down Underground Church Leader
*Muslims Behead Seven People in Somalia For Apostasy
*Muslims Systematically Hunting Down Converts to Christianity, Shoot 41-year-old Ahmed to Death for Leaving Islam
*Muslim Extremists Gun Down Ex-Muslim Convert & Church Leader, as he Leaves a Worship Service (15th Christian Murdered in 2009)
*Militant Muslims Execute Another Young Christian Convert With 2 Gunshots to The Head in Mogadishu street
== Sudan==
*Police Torture Convert Student
*Sudanese Convert to Christianity Forced into Hiding
*Ex-Imam was imprisoned for his conversion to Christianity
*Converts from Islam Struggle to Survive
== Tanzania==
*Muslim Converts Forced to Keep Faith Secret
== Turkey==
*Converts Subjected to Official Harassment
*Convert Christian beaten unconscious
*Two converts to Christianity charged in Turkey
*Christian turks Killed at Bible Publishing Firm
*Convert to Christianity Loses Another Job & Beaten, as Co-Workers Learn he’s Not Muslim
*Christian Held Hostage at Knife Point in Istanbul. Young Muslim Threatens to Slit Throat of Convert
== Turkmenistan==
*Turkmen Convert Prepares to Die in Prison
*Convert Families Flee
*Convert Isolated in Maximum Security Prison
== Uganda==
*Threats, Expulsions for Christian Convert and Her Husband. Hostilities Evident in Muslim Area Where Missionaries Were Slain
== United Kingdom==
*Muslim apostates cast out and at risk from faith and family
*Some 3,000 Christians in the UK are in danger because they have chosen to convert from Islam
*Muslim apostates threatened over Christianity
*British imam's daughter under police protection after converting to Christianity
*Convert to Christianity Spat at & Threatened With Death by Two Afghan Muslims in London
*Vice Chancellor of City University, London, Allows the Islamic Society to Host Muslim Preacher Who Advocates Murder of Gays & Apostates
== United States==
*Ex-Muslims fear for their lives
*Muslims Turned Christian Pay the Price
*Ohio Teen In State Custody After Converting From Islam To Christianity; Fears For Life
*Runaway Teen Convert Gets Internet Death Threat: 'We need to kill'
*Muslims Threaten ex-Muslim Atheist in Tulsa, With Death
*Daughter of Muslim Claims Father Assaulted Her After Learning of Her Conversion to Christianity
*An NY Ex-Muslim Jewish Professor Stabbed to Death by a Muslim Saudi Student
== Uzbekistan==
*Christian Pastor Marks One Year in Prison
*House Church Faces Crushing Opposition
== Yemen==
*Nine Ex-Muslims Detained For Converting To Christianity
*Yemen Court Sentences Somali Convert To Death
==Videos showing Persecution of Ex-Muslims==
* UK - Persecution of 3000 Muslim Converts to Christianity
* Turkey - Muslim converts to Christianity face upto 3 year jail
* Germany - Persecution of Muslim Converts to Christianity
* Egypt - Persecution of Muslim Converts to Christianity
* Malaysia - Persecution of Muslim Converts to Christianity
==See also==
*Islam and Apostasy
*Persecution of non-Muslims
*Dhimmitude - What Hadith and Quran say about non-Muslims
*People Who Left Islam
*Notable Former Muslims
*Videos on Islam: Former Muslims Speak about Islam
Category:Dhimmitude
Category:Apostasy