The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the CrusiTha t's rig ht: In Amer ica in 200 4, co nve rt s fro m Isla m to
Chri sti ani ty,spo ke pub lic ly onl y und er ass ume d nam es, for fea r of
bec omi ng the newest victims of the global jihad. The conference was
called the "Muslim Background Believers Convention," a Christian
gathering sponsored by several groups, including the Baptist General
Association of Virginia' TheWashington 'Timesnoted that"the convention
kept the registration and entrance processundertight security toA Book You're Not
I Supposed to Read23 Years: A Study of the Prophetic Coreef of
Mohammad,by 'Ali Dashti; Costa Mesa,CA:
Mazda Publishers, 1994. 'Ali Dashti(1896-1982)
was an Iranian Muslim who hadthe courage to
look honestly at Muhammad's career and
write openly about theProphet's violence. the
non-miraculous character and moral defects
of the Qur'an, andmuch more. For this.
although he was overeighty. he was
imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately
murdered by thugs in the employof the
IslamicRepublic of Iran.
prot ect the parti cipa nts, many of whom
saidthey face death threats or ostracism from
families for leaving the Islamic faith.'
If you leave Islam, you must die
Why did they have to take this extraordinary
pr ec au ti on? Be ca us e, as we ha ve se en , in
tr adit ion alIsla mic law, whenaMus lim
con ver tsto an ot her fai th , it ca n br in g a de at h
se nte nc e.T hi s i s no t , mi n d yo u,
" e xt r e mi s t " I s l a m I t i sth e Is la mi c
ma in st re am ,ba se d on a st at em en tof
Muhammad; "Whoever changed his Islamic
re li gi on , th enki ll hi m. "" It 's al so ba se d on
sta te men t of the Qur 'an : "B ut who eve r of you
re ca nt sa nd d i e s a n un b e l i e ve r , hi s
wo r ksshall come to nothing in this world and the
nex t, and th ey are the com pa nio ns of the fir e fo r eve r" [Qu r'a n 2 ;2 17This has
been widelyinterpreted by traditional Muslim commentators asgivi ng san cti on to the
deat h pena lty for apos tat es—whic h the y der ive dfrom the verse's assertio n that the
apostate 's work will "come to nothingin this world"aswell as the next.
When converts are not killed, they are otherwise pressured. The organizer of the
conference has felt this firsthand: "I was called by my embassy