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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
Islam is not really a normal anything
What is the ruling on the apostate?
If a Muslim apostatizes and meets the conditions of apostasy – i.e., he is of sound mind, an adult and does that of his own free will – then his blood may be shed with impunity. He is to be executed by the Muslim ruler or by his deputy – such as the qaadi or judge, and he is not to not be washed (after death, in preparation for burial), the funeral prayer is not to be offered for him and he is not to be buried with the Muslims.
http://islamqa.info/en/20327
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Yea I was gonna say moderate instead of normal, but I think that makes it sound like the moderate ones are not the regular ones.
And I understand in part how messed up their religion is (I hadn't heard of that apostate rule before), however there is a lot of muslims who seem to be decent peaceful people. I suppose in essence it's just like the other main religions; primitive, sexist and homophobic, except it's worse.
Anyway there is something wrong in the way we (the west) educate people who are raised here if they are going off and fighting on the same side as Islamic State or carrying out attacks, in their name, on our soil.
So I think the solution isn't to demonize all muslims, it's education.