| Fundamental Freedoms at Risk Freedom of Choice (freewill) 33:36 It is not up to any believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have passed a judgement, to have any choice in their affairs. Whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger have gone astray in a manifest manner. The concept of freewill or freedom to make your own choices is very narrowly defined in Islam. In practical terms it means surrendering yourself to Allah or rejecting him. To reject Him is to ally yourself with the devil and all that entails. 4:76 Those who believe fight for the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve fight on behalf of the Devil. Fight then the followers of the Devil. Surely the guile of the Devil is weak. Once you have submitted to the Will of Allah, one definition of Muslim, your freewill is effectively extinguished and the Koran and the Prophet’s Sunnah (his sayings and example) must now guide your every decision. Freedom of Religion and Right to Life Those who don’t believe in one god e.g. Indians (India) are to be killed on the spot if they refuse to convert to Islam. 9:36 The number of months, with Allah, is twelve months by Allah’s Ordinance from the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of these are Sacred. This is the right religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them; but fight the polytheists all together as they fight you all together; and know that Allah is on the side of the righteous. Those who believe in one god e.g. Christians and Jews fare slightly better; they are not to be killed or force to convert if they pay the right-to-live tax, the jizya, while acknowledging your superiority as a Muslim. 9:29 Fight those among the People of the Book who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden and do not profess the true religion, till they pay the poll-tax out of hand and submissively. As to those who would dare leave the perfect religion for one less perfect or no religion at all, Allah said: 4:89 They wish that you disbelieve, as they have disbelieved, so that you will all be alike. Do not, then, take any companions from them, until they emigrate in the Way of Allah. Then should they turn back, seize them and kill them wherever you find them; and do not take from them any companions or supporter; The Prophet said: If a Muslim discards his religion, kill him. (Bukhari: 4.52.260).
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