Comments by "Matteo" (@Matteo8136n) on "Corey Gil-Shuster"
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Even the “Apostasy Wars” that were fought after the death of the Prophet were actually wars against dissenters who refused to conform to the law of the state and began an organized rebellion, which were tantamount to treason at that time. In fact, these were wars to protect the safety of the state and to ensure the supremacy of the law governing everyone living within the borders of the Muslim state during that time. There is more evidence that the Prophet did not kill or punish anyone for leaving Islam, as there is no allocated hadd, in a hadith. A Bedouin came to the Prophet and asked to take back his pledge of allegiance, i.e. to leave Islam. The Prophet was addressed three times and did not answer until the man left. The Prophet did not harm him in the least, but said, “Truly, Madinah gets rid of its filth exactly as fire removes the filth of iron.” (Al-Bukhari) In short, there is no clear evidence in Islam to say that a person who leaves Islam has to be killed. There may be other reasons to justify punishing a person who commits an offence in society or infringes upon the law, but to say that there is a hadd for apostasy is totally against the very basic teachings of Islam which allow people full freedom to choose their way of life. Conversely, people who try to threaten the law of a country should be duly punished. But people who choose Islam and then recant should by no means be killed, for the action of the heart is something between man and God, and only God can rule on such matters
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