Obama and the Muslims
If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the next U.S. president (and I think he will), he might not be able to improve America’s relations with devout Muslims around the world. See here.
Samuel J. Scott
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12 May 2008 at 6:22 am
Good analysis by the author , however I would like to clarify one thing that punishment for the “Apostasy” goes back all the way to Prophet Moses (PBUH).
In the Bible (Exodus 32) there is a story about Israelites worshiping a calf when Moses went to Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God. When he returned he was angered and ordered “everyone to put on his sword and kill his brothers, his friends, and his neighbors” (Ex.32:27).
So the punishment for Apostasy is not an exclusive Islamic idea.