April 03, 2008

Without Guns to Their Heads, Muslims Leaving Islam in Droves

I remain skeptical of the claim that Muslims are leaving Islam 'by the millions', but here is another report based on anecdotal evidence that such is the case.

Most religions promise some sort of punishment in the after life for leaving the faith, and many promote varying degrees of social ostracizing, but only in Islam is the punishment for apostasy death. I'm sure many Muslims leave the faith, but millions? It seems like you'd need an awful lot of missionaries to reach such numbers, and since only two Muslim countries allow missionaries to legally preach to Muslims, it just seems like a high number.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 08:20 AM | |