Based on what we hear from Muslim apologists, the death penalty for apostates is nothing more than a figment of our imagination. Yet, not so fast.
Read from their own words, via Jihad Watch:
Crimes punishable by death in the UAE include...apostasy
"But wait! I thought all the learned analysts had assured us that there is no death penalty for apostasy in Islam! Isn't that right, Dr. Bassiouni? Mr. Kruse? Ms. Heagney?
Sharia Alert from the modern, moderate UAE: 'Death Penalty: UAE; Man Who Murdered Lover's Husband Sentenced,' from ANSAmed, May 3 (thanks to Insubria):
(ANSAmed) - DUBAI, MAY 3 -' The court of first instance of the Sharjah emirate (one of the United Arab Emirates) has sentenced a man to death for killing his lover's husband, reports the local press. The accused, a 27-year-old Indian, beat to death and then used acid to disfigure his lover's husband, and then left the body in the desert. The 26-year-old woman, also of Indian origin, has been given a life sentence in prison for acting as an accomplice. The number of death sentences issued since the beginning of the year in the United Arab Emirates in now 10. Crimes punishable by death in the UAE include murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking. However, the sentences are rarely carried out. (ANSAmed).'
All it would take would be an Islamic rigorist in power to change that."
Based on what we just read, it seems an apology is in order for all those who demonized Rifqa Bary for stating that her father would kill her for leaving Islam.
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Lovely blog. Travelling has always been my passion and dream. Haven't been here. Yet. Although I am a big fan of the UAE, I feel out-dated when reading interesting posts like this.
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