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All of the schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree that the punishment for an apostate, a Muslim who renounces the faith, is death. This punishment is based on the command of the prophet mentioned and practiced by his companions according to hadiths. This tradition, even when not legislated or enforced by most modern states, brings an intense negativity over apostasy in Islam, often with personal risk or severe social consequences, and thereby maintaining a powerful deterant and silencing effect. [https://persecution.exmuslims.org/countries A maintained list of punishments for apostates] legislated in majority Muslim countries today is available. | All of the schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree that the punishment for an apostate, a Muslim who renounces the faith, is death. This punishment is based on the command of the prophet mentioned and practiced by his companions according to hadiths. This tradition, even when not legislated or enforced by most modern states, brings an intense negativity over apostasy in Islam, often with personal risk or severe social consequences, and thereby maintaining a powerful deterant and silencing effect. Apostates in many cases also face [[Shari%27ah_(Islamic_Law)#Interfaith_Marriage|annulment of their marriages]] and other consequences when local religious authorities pressure families to follow Islamic law. [https://persecution.exmuslims.org/countries A maintained list of punishments for apostates] legislated in majority Muslim countries today is available. | ||
Today, traditionalist Islamic scholars generally either take the view that all apostasy is punishable, or see punishment as necessary only for those who are public about their renunciation of Islam. In contrast, Islamic modernists generally point to {{Quran|2|256}}, the interpretations of which are described in the article [[Let There be no Compulsion in Religion|Let There be no Compulsion in Religion]]. The death penalty mentioned in hadiths is incompatible with this verse as interpreted by modernists, so to them it is reasonable to reject the tradition as inauthentic, in line with their relative skepticism towards the hadith corpus. | Today, traditionalist Islamic scholars generally either take the view that all apostasy is punishable, or see punishment as necessary only for those who are public about their renunciation of Islam. In contrast, Islamic modernists generally point to {{Quran|2|256}}, the interpretations of which are described in the article [[Let There be no Compulsion in Religion|Let There be no Compulsion in Religion]]. The death penalty mentioned in hadiths is incompatible with this verse as interpreted by modernists, so to them it is reasonable to reject the tradition as inauthentic, in line with their relative skepticism towards the hadith corpus. | ||