Apostates do attract
Meanwhile, if we get tired of banal formulaic denunciations of “white feminism” by white women who write columns for the Independent, we can turn to Ex-Muslims of North America for some real oppression.
The Islamist organization is Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the theocrat who answers the question says: “The ruling of apostasy of Islam is clear, again that’s one of the things the west doesn’t like and seeks to change the ruling of apostasy. As such in Islam it is clear that apostates do attract capital punishment and we don’t shy away from that.”
It’s telling that he shifts the agency onto the victim – it’s the “apostate” who “attracts” murder for leaving the religion. Islam is not to blame, enforcers are not to blame, the apostate is to blame.
There’s also, of course, the fact that it doesn’t matter what “the ruling of Islam” may be in countries that have laws against murder. Islam can “rule” what it likes but murder remains murder even if the perp is an Islamist fanatic like the guy at the mic.
There’s also the fact that it’s not ok to make laws mandating death for changing one’s mind.
Of course the theocrat shifts the blame onto the apostate, because as he sees it the alternative is shifting the blame onto Allah. If one believes God is just and following God is a moral mandate, then there cannot be genuine disbelief. Apostates don’t change their minds: they can only turn their backs on what they know to be true, and they do it from willful perversion.
Curious how a supernatural being reputed to be omniscient and omnipotent, nevertheless has to rely on a human agent to carry out the sentence. You’d think it would be more convincing if the Almighty Enforcer did the deed directly, without middlemen. Lightning strikes against backsliders would be impressive proof of a deity’s existence.
Ah, but such “proof” obviates “faith” and “free will”, which is, somehow “bad.”
Of course the fact remains that everyone dies, without exception. So how is death a punishment? If our lives on earth are just a tiny interlude compared to the eternity of the afterlife, what difference does it make? Unless the point of killing apostates is to fast-track them straight to senior management for their disciplinary? It almost seems like these people know very well this life is all we have and want to kill people who don’t follow their rules just so they can keep a firm grip on power. But what do I know.