If you claim not, then you are a liar who does not follow your holy book.
There is always difference in opinion, but the majority of Islamic scholarship disagree with the opinion that the death penalty is the punishment for apostasy in this world. The ahadith that suggests that it is should be put in its correct context.
Look at these Quranic verses:
“There is no compulsion in religion — the right way is indeed clearly distinct from error.”— 2:256
“The Truth is from your Lord; so let him who please believe and let him who please disbelieve.” — 18:29
“We have truly shown him the way; he may be thankful or unthankful.” — 76:3
“Clear proofs have indeed come to you from your Lord: so whoever sees, it is for his own good; and whoever is blind, it is to his own harm. And I am not a keeper over you.” — 6:104
“If you do good, you do good for your own souls. And if you do evil, it is for them.” — 17:7
“If they accept Islam, then indeed they follow the right way; and if they turn back, your duty (O Prophet) is only to deliver the message.” — 3:20
“And obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away, the duty of Our Messenger is only to deliver the message clearly.” — 64:12; see also 5:92
“Say (to people): Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. But if you turn away, he is responsible for the duty imposed on him, and you are responsible for the duty imposed on you. And if you obey him, you go aright. And the Messenger’s duty is only to deliver (the message) plainly.” — 24:54
“O people, the truth has indeed come to you from your Lord; so whoever goes aright, goes aright only for the good of his own soul; and whoever errs, errs only to its detriment. And I am not a custodian over you.” — 10:108
“Surely We have revealed to you (O Prophet) the Book with truth for people. So whoever follows the right way, it is for his own soul, and whoever errs, he errs only to its detriment. And you are not a custodian over them.” — 39:41
“We have not appointed you (O Prophet) a keeper over them, and you are not placed in charge of them.” — 6:107
“Your duty (O Prophet) is only the delivery of the message, and Ours (God’s) is to call (people) to account.” — 13:40
“And if your Lord had pleased, all those who are in the earth would have believed, all of them. Will you then force people till they are believers?” — 10:99
“They will not cease fighting you until they turn you back from your religion, if they can. And whoever of you turns back from his religion, then he dies while an unbeliever — these it is whose works go for nothing in this world and the Hereafter.” — 2:217
“O you who believe, should anyone of you turn back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him.” — 5:54
“Those who disbelieve after their believing, then increase in disbelief, their repentance is not accepted, and these are they that go astray.” — 3:90
“Those who believe then disbelieve, again believe and again disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor guide them in the (right) way.” — 4:137
“And a party of the People of the Book say: Avow belief in that which has been revealed to those who believe, in the first part of the day, and disbelieve in the latter part of it, perhaps they may turn back.” — 3:72
Especially the last two quotes - they suggest the possibility of open disbelief without any fear of death.
The death penalty is only for the crime of treason and waging war after apostasy. One can deconvert and still live with the Muslims but if it is coupled with treason and corruption then the punishment is death. Abandoning the Muslims is the same as Committing treason because at that time there was only one Muslim community and the only reason for a Muslim to join the Kuffar communities would be for treason.
If you claim not, then you are a liar who does not follow your holy book.
I challenge you to bring up any verse in the Quran that calls for the death penalty for apostasy. I follow my Holy Book 100%.
It's you who have abandoned the laws of the Torah. Why have you? Did Jesus abrogate the law? He did not. And still you throw away your Holy Book. This is hypocrisy.
Deuteronomy 13:6-9 "If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying: Let us go and worship other gods (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other, or gods of other religions), do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people."
Deuteronomy 17:3-5 "And he should go and worship other gods and bow down to them or to the sun or the moon or all the army of the heavens, .....and you must stone such one with stones and such one must die."
2 Chronicles 15:13 "All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman."
If this was indeed NOT wrong once upon a time why would you now take up the high moral ground? Just please...
