Kalem, what do you know, you know enough to completely ignore what this topic is about and for good reason, again you speak of "disbeleivers" when this topic is about APOSTASY.
No, the topic of this discussion is not apostasy. Try again.
Two books, yep, just two, of course I possess over a hundred books on the Middle East.
Coloring books don't count. You claim to be familiar with Islam, yet you didn't know that the Qur'an is the religion's most important book or that Sahih Bukhari is a hadith collection.
Check again. Moscow lies west of the Ural Mountains. That's "the West."
Here are some books written by Muslims that you may want to read:
Qur'an - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sahih al-Bukhari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sahih Muslim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Sunan al-Sughra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunan Abu Dawood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunan al-Tirmidhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunan ibn Maja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mishkat al-Masabih - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Muwatta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What's ignorant is claiming that you know more about Islam than a Muslim because you read the travel diary of a 19th-century Englishman.
No, that would be incorrect. I was referring to ghusl, which is a complete ablution. Partial ablution is known as wudu. Everything I posted about ablution is entire factual, based on ahadith that I cited and the fact that I perform ablutions every day per religious requirements. Don't be a fool.
Not really.
Please post any data you have indicating that the aforementioned types of murder are the two most commonly used against apostates.
I'd call you a liar, but I'm convinced that you really are this stupid.
If you did not know that Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are hadith collections, I'd go ahead and leave the discussion now if I were you. You don't have much face left to save.
The victim of the crime was not an apostate.
Then you're deluding yourself. You do not know more about Islam than I do. Realize this.
If you believe that the accounts of orientalists are unbiased or necessary to understanding Islam, you're a fool. Please, I'm begging you, go and tell Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa or Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi that you know more about Islam than they do. After all, I doubt they've read as many Western accounts of the Middle East as you have.
Please demonstrate -- using Islamic scripture or the jurisprudential writings of any major madhhab -- that "bull urine" is an acceptable substitute for water in ghusl or wudu. Thank you.
Apostasy has been addressed. It is not the subject of this discussion.
Please consult the syllabus of any major Islamic university and get back to me on how many 19th-century travel logs are part of the curriculum.
Wrong. Knowledge of Islam requires knowledge of the texts that define Islam. These are the Qur'an and the major hadith collections. Certain commentaries, biographies, and manuals of fiqh can be useful as well. It's evident that you've read none of these things. Stop embarrassing yourself by claiming that you know more about Islam than I do.
The relevant history of Islam (ie: the history of the life of the prophet SAWS) is contained within the ahadith. One can learn about Islam by reading hadith collections and the Qur'an, which explain in detail how Islam is to be practiced.
Me, I will continue the higher course of study, the collecting and reading of the thousands of book written by nonbiased credible persons who have first have experience not as mere travelers but as persons living in the midst of the culture of Islam.
By all means, continue to claim that you're a "scholar of Islam" when you're completely unfamiliar with its foundational texts.
So take the last work Kalem, qoute the Qur'an which any true scholar knows is not the last nor most complete word on Apostasy.
I cite the Qur'an, and you claim that it isn't the most important text in Islam. I cite ahadith, and you claim that I haven't. I cite the works that define Islam, and you claim that one can only understand Islam through worthless travel books that were written some 1200 years after the foundation of the religion. How oh how did we Muslims exist for 1200 years without brilliant "scholars of Islam" such as yourself and Doughty to explain our own religion to us? You're dismissed, fool.