The bedrock of the Islamic case for religious liberty is the Qur'an's vision of the human person. Both are remarkably supportive of the idea of individual and personal religious freedom. Such problematic texts are outweighed by the bulk of the texts and instruction provided by the two most important authorities in Islam, the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad's actual practice. The Prophet reportedly sometimes demands the death penalty for apostasy, the most obvious example of this being the hadith, "Whoever changes his religion, kill him" (Bukhari, Sahih, 9, 84, hadith 57). Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
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