>>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/10/dead-yemeni-child-bride-tied-raped-says-mom/?test=latestnews
>>
>>"Last month, a group of the country's highest Islamic authorities declared those supporting a ban on child marriages to be apostates"
>
>There is no excuse for rapists and murderers. None. Where we disagree is when you condemn a billion or two people for sharing the same religion. It's the same disagreement I have with Grady.


Let's look at that again, Mike:

"Last month, a group of the country's highest Islamic authorities declared those supporting a ban on child marriages to be apostates"

Some of the country's HIGHEST RELGIOUS authorities declared those SUPPORTING A BAN ON CHILD MARRIAGES TO BE APOSTATES

Islam's highest authorities made a decision and declared that if you say that you are in favor of a ban on child marriages then you are against islam.

And what if you are against Islam? Let's look at the Koran:

Qur'an (4:89) - "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them"

Qur'an (9:11-12) - "But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have knowledge. And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you) and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist." This verse is speaking of infidels (ie. "slay the infidels wherever you find them" 9:5) who obviously became Muslim to escape the sword, but the Hadith make no distinction of how a Muslim came to be a Muslim. Apostasy is always punished by death.

Other verses that seem to support the many Hadith demanding death for apostates are Qur'an verses 2:217, 9:73-74, 88:21, 5:54, and 9:66.

Please note and for the record, I have a good friend. His name is Faruk and he is a devout Muslim. Oddly, he agrees with me that those who blend hatred, injustice, murder, violence, terrorism etc into a religion must be challenged. When injustice occurs, and what is happening to that young girl is most definately injustice, speak up. It's the least you can and should do.