…there are three murders where a Muslim will not be punished, which means that a Muslim is forgiven if he kills under 3 conditions. One of these conditions is killing an apostate.
by Nonie Darwish, November 19, 2009
In an article written by Merdith Heagney, Columbus Dispatch, on November 17th, titled:
“120 Rally for Rifqa outside Columbus Courthouse”, she had mentioned that: Alan Godlas, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Georgia, said in a phone interview that Islamic lawdoes permit the execution of a person whose betrayal of the faith would likely result in the deaths of Muslims, but Rifqa’s conversion does not qualify. “If you kill someone unjustly, you’re a murderer” under Islamic law, Godlas said.
Mr. Godlas is not accurate in the statement he gave Ms. Heagney. According to Islamic Law, all schools of Sharia agree that a Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed immediately and I think Mr. Godlas agrees with that. However, what the professor failed to mention is that according to mainstream Shafi law, there are three murders where a Muslim will not be punished, which means that a Muslim is forgiven if he kills under 3 conditions. One of these conditions is killing an apostate.
The Middle East studies professor can open the mainstream Shafi Law book Reliance of the Traveler. law number o5.4 page number 593. to see that such a law encourage vigilante street justice against apostates. Killers of apostates are often defended by none other than top Al Azhar Sheikhs.
Mr. Godlas also stated under Islamic Law “If you kill someone unjustly, you’re a murderer”. That is correct but it only applies if a Muslim kills another Muslim, yes they are murderers and get the death penalty. However, he failed to mention Sharia states . “There is no retaliation if a Muslim kills a non-Muslim”. Ref. o1.2 (2)page 584. Therefore,if a Muslim kills another Muslim he gets the death penalty, but if he kills a non-Muslim he will not get the death penalty.
I wonder why Mr. Alan Godlas failed to mention that?
