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Freedom to Believe Patrick Sookhdeo (Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity)

Freedom to Believe By Patrick Sookhdeo (Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity)

Summary

Muslims are not allowed to convert from Islam. Sharia prescribes death for adult male apostates and imposes other penalties on those who leave Islam. This book raises awareness of Islam's apostasy law and promotes the case for its repeal. It discusses Islamic teaching on apostasy, the debate amongst Muslims, and the treatment of converts.

Freedom to Believe Summary

Freedom to Believe by Patrick Sookhdeo (Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity)

Islam is a one-way street. Non-Muslims can convert to Islam, but Muslims are not allowed to convert from Islam. All schools of sharia specify the death penalty for an adult male Muslim who leaves Islam, and the law imposes many other penalties on apostates. This book is written to raise awareness of Islam's apostasy law and promote the case for its repeal. It looks at apostasy in the Islamic texts, the debate amongst Muslims about the law, and the treatment of converts from Islam today.

About Patrick Sookhdeo (Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity)

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo is Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, International Director of Barnabas Fund and Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life. He has been Visiting Professor at a number of military academic centres. He is a Research Associate at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. He is Cor Episcopos of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He is author/editor of 36 books.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, Introduction, Chapter 1: What Classical Islam Teaches about Apostasy, Chapter 2: Muslims Debate and Interpret the Apostasy Law, Chapter 3: The Application of the Apostasy Law in the World Today, Chapter 4 Conclusion, Appendices, Apostasy: Major and Minor (Yusaf Al-Qaradawi), Freedom of Religion in Islam (M.A. Zaki Badawi), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam , Glossary, Endnotes, Index

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GOR001718594
9780978714192
0978714199
Freedom to Believe by Patrick Sookhdeo (Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Isaac Publishing
20091130
176
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