Believe it or not, this is from a Harvard chaplain and native New Yorker, on the appropriate penalty for apostasy:
Debating about religious matter is impermissible, in general…
I would finally note that there is great wisdom (hikma) associated with the established and preserved position (capital punishment) and so, even if it makes some uncomfortable in the face of the hegemonic modern human rights discourse, one should not dismiss it out of hand. The formal consideration of excuses for the accused and the absence of Muslim governmental authority in our case here in the North/West is for dealing with the issue practically.
Read the rest at The Death of the Grown-Up, and oh, don’t forget – Islam is a religion of peace*.
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*Or submission. Whatever. It means the same exact thing, doesn’t it?
