RE: To Hitch
November 11, 2011 at 11:47 am
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2011 at 11:51 am by 5thHorseman.)
(November 11, 2011 at 4:11 am)Rayaan Wrote: 5thHorse,
Well, I'm pretty sure I won't be killed if I reject Islam.
because you live in USA, different in an islamic country
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16079451
The hadith on apostasy which he mentioned in the video has a political context because the death penalty is to be imposed only if an apostate betrays or rebels against an Islamic state and thus (in one way or another) endangers the safety of the Muslims living there. Basically, the rulings on apostasy were similar to those for treasonous acts in legal systems worldwide and do not apply to an individual's choice of religion. That is the strongest opinion according to the majority of Islamic scholars.
Hmmm, shame the scholars do not rule islamic shitholes then.
'A Pakistani court last month sentenced to death Aasia Bibi, a Christian mother-of-five found guilty of blasphemy. Bibi was arrested in June 2009 after Muslim women claimed that she made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. She was set upon by a mob, arrested by police and sentenced on November 8'(note though that although they have been sentenced to death, pakistan has yet to execute someone for it)
Execution for blasphemy, what a classy culture.
Furthermore, there are similar hadiths which are in contradiction with the Quran. So we automatically reject them.
Is that like christian cherry picking? :p
Also, there is a great amount of literature on the science of hadith classification based on their level of authenticity which even lay Muslims do not know about. You can see some of them here and download them for free if you're interested (which I doubt you are).
nice presumption but i am actually interested in other cultures.
