Refuting Islam

🧨 Reform or Apostasy? There Is No Middle Ground in Islam

Change the law? Question the prophet? Then you’ve already left Islam.

📘 Introduction

Western minds assume religion can evolve.
In Christianity, Judaism, even Hinduism, reform is possible — even welcomed.

But in Islam, the moment you challenge:

Sharia law,
The prophet’s behavior,
The status of the Quran,
Or the consensus of the scholars…

You’re not seen as a reformer.

You’re an apostate.

And Islam has a punishment for that.

⚖ 1. Islamic Law Defines Apostasy — Not Belief, But Departure

In classical Sharia, apostasy (riddah) isn't just:

Leaving Islam,
Becoming atheist,
Or converting to Christianity.

It also includes:

Denying an obligation (e.g., stoning, hijab, jihad).
Mocking a verse of the Quran.
Rejecting the authority of the Hadith or scholars.
Calling for reinterpretation of fixed rulings.

It’s not disbelief that makes you an apostate.
It’s disagreement.

📚 Source:

Reliance of the Traveller (Umdat al-Salik) – Section o8
“Whoever denies what is necessarily known to be part of the religion is an apostate.”

🧱 2. The Quran Itself Doesn’t Allow Departure

Quran 9:74 – “They swear they did not say it, but they certainly said a word of disbelief and disbelieved after having submitted...”

Quran 4:89 – “Seize them and kill them wherever you find them.”

Muslim apologists say “there’s no compulsion in religion” (2:256),
but classical scholars abrogated it with 9:5 and 9:29 — and so did their legal systems.

📌 Result:
Once you're in Islam, the only exit is death or retraction.

📜 3. Reformers Challenge the Law — and Law Defines Islam

Examples of “non-negotiables” in classical law:

Hijab for women,
Death for apostates,
Stoning for adultery,
Amputation for theft,
Inferior legal status for non-Muslims,
Gender-based inheritance,
Polygamy for men only.

If a Muslim says:

“That’s not moral today. We must evolve.”

Then by Islamic legal standards, they have:

Rejected part of the deen,
Denied an obligation, and
Committed apostasy.

🛑 4. You Can’t Reform Muhammad’s Example Without Blaspheming

Quran 33:21 – “You have in the Messenger of Allah the best example...”

His life is:

The model for marriage (including marrying a 6-year-old).
The model for war (raids, executions, beheadings).
The source of Hadith and law.

So if you say:

“That was cultural. We don’t follow those things today.”

Islamic law says:

“You have insulted the Prophet. That’s blasphemy.”

📌 And the punishment for that?

Death. (See: Malik, Hanbali, and Shafi’i schools)

🧠 5. Reform Is Just Apostasy Wearing a Friendly Hat

Let’s be clear:

Reform Statement	Legal Consequence
“The Quran has historical context.”	Apostasy – denies timelessness
“We should reject Hadith that promote violence.”	Apostasy – denies binding sources
“Hijab should be a personal choice.”	Apostasy – denies an obligation
“Women should inherit equally.”	Apostasy – denies divine rule
“LGBT people deserve equal rights.”	Apostasy – denies Quran 7 and Hadith law
“Muhammad’s example is outdated.”	Blasphemy – insult to the Prophet

Reform isn’t a third category.
It’s not between belief and disbelief.
In Islam, it is disbelief.

📚 6. Islamic Scholars Confirm This

Quotes from authoritative Islamic sources:

Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 1328) –
“Whoever permits what is known to be forbidden by necessity... has disbelieved by ijma.”

Al-Ghazali (d. 1111) –
“Whoever denies what the ummah agrees upon is an apostate.”

Ibn Qudamah (d. 1223, Hanbali) –
“Reformulating the law based on reason is apostasy, for it places man above revelation.”

📌 Reform equals rejection.
Rejection equals apostasy.
Apostasy equals capital offense.

🪦 7. History Proves It

Every reformer who challenged:

Quranic literalism,
Gender laws,
Violence in Hadith,
Muhammad’s status,
Or divine law...

...was treated as an apostate.

Mahmoud Taha – Executed.
Nasr Abu Zayd – Declared apostate, marriage annulled.
Farag Foda – Assassinated.
Salman Rushdie – Fatwa, nearly killed.
Taslima Nasrin – Exiled for life.
Ali Dashti – House arrest until death.

✅ Final Word

Islam doesn't evolve.
Because it can’t.

The minute someone tries, they are:

Labelled an innovator (bid’ah),
Declared a deviant,
Or formally charged as an apostate.

There is no theological room in Islam for:

Reform,
Conscience,
Or evolution.

You either submit — or you’ve left Islam.
There is no middle ground.
There is no reform.
There is only apostasy.