Sunday Post

Isaac Schrodinger, himself a non-believer, discusses the medieval consequences of leaving Islam in an Islamic society today.

How Islam treats the dead

EXCERPT: The act of leaving Islam is called ridda. The one who does so is called a murtad. Let's take a look at three inter-connected Islamic institutions that systematically unravel the life of a murtad.
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The vast majority of Muslims treat murtads as traitors. In their eyes, the life of an apostate is worthless. From the closest relatives to the entire Ummah, an apostate has little to no shelter. Murtads are surrounded by a climate of suffocation in Islamic societies. That is why so many countless apostates keep their thinking to themselves. If caught, their only recourse is to profess maniacal allegiance to Islam. Otherwise, a tight noose or a sword welcomes them.

An amazing post that covers a lot of territory. Read it all, the excerpts don't do it justice.