Counter-propoganda

He who does not embrace Islam again has, according to the Sharia, forfeited
his life and is to be put to death by the state. According to the daily
paper, Al Alam, King Hassan II of Morocco, who is also the imam of his
country, presented the following state of affairs before a human rights
commission on May 15, 1990:
"If a Muslim says, 'I have embraced another religion instead of Islam,'
he -- before he is called to repentance -- will be brought before a group of
medical specialists, so that they can examine him to see if he is still in
his right mind.

After he has then been called to repentance, but decides to hold fast to
the testimony of another religion not coming from Allah -- that is, not
Islam -- he will be judged."

Such thinking abounded in Christian churches during the Middle Ages, too.
The Inquisition took on violent proportions and carried out the governmental
functions of punishment. However, this madness in Church history was in
direct opposition to the law and spirit of Christ. Indeed, the New Testament
upholds the teaching of eternal punishment for the godless and for those who
fall from living faith in Christ; but with the Parable of the Lost Son (Luke
15:11-24), Jesus teaches that the father waited for the rebellious son until
he returned, and then he rushed out to meet him. The father did not have him
searched for, kept under surveillance, followed, locked up, tortured,
starved or killed. The spirit of Christ grants freedom and does not kill.
But the revelations of Allah in the Qur´an require the death of all
apostates. The grace and love of Christ are greater than the hate and law of
Islam; this grace and love oppose the efforts of all inquisitors. Whoever
follows Christ loves apostates and does not condemn them.

Islamic states are presently renewing their legislation, replacing it with
earlier Islamic structures, and are trying to rid themselves of the
influence of colonial powers. In most of the Islamic countries, endeavours
are underway to make the Qur´an and the Sunna the basis of modern
legislation.

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Nahshon Evren	Counter-propoganda He who does not embrace Islam again has, according to the Sharia, forfeited his life and is to be put to death by the state. According to the daily paper, Al Alam, King Hassan II of Morocco, who is also the imam of his country, presented the following state of affairs before a human rights commission on May 15, 1990: "If a Muslim says, 'I have embraced another religion instead of Islam,' he -- before he is called to repentance -- will be brought before a group of medical specialists, so that they can examine him to see if he is still in his right mind. After he has then been called to repentance, but decides to hold fast to the testimony of another religion not coming from Allah -- that is, not Islam -- he will be judged." Such thinking abounded in Christian churches during the Middle Ages, too. The Inquisition took on violent proportions and carried out the governmental functions of punishment. However, this madness in Church history was in direct opposition to the law and spirit of Christ. Indeed, the New Testament upholds the teaching of eternal punishment for the godless and for those who fall from living faith in Christ; but with the Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-24), Jesus teaches that the father waited for the rebellious son until he returned, and then he rushed out to meet him. The father did not have him searched for, kept under surveillance, followed, locked up, tortured, starved or killed. The spirit of Christ grants freedom and does not kill. But the revelations of Allah in the Qur´an require the death of all apostates. The grace and love of Christ are greater than the hate and law of Islam; this grace and love oppose the efforts of all inquisitors. Whoever follows Christ loves apostates and does not condemn them. Islamic states are presently renewing their legislation, replacing it with earlier Islamic structures, and are trying to rid themselves of the influence of colonial powers. In most of the Islamic countries, endeavours are underway to make the Qur´an and the Sunna the basis of modern legislation.