{"id":64123,"date":"2025-04-11T22:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64123"},"modified":"2025-04-12T05:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:32:57","slug":"islamic-cleric-calls-for-death-penalty-for-apostates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/11\/islamic-cleric-calls-for-death-penalty-for-apostates\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic Cleric Advocates Death Penalty for Apostates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ibrahim Jalingo, the National Chairman of the Council of Ulama, has stirred controversy by advocating for the death penalty for anyone who renounces their religion, defending a Hadith that calls for the execution of apostates.<\/p>\n<p>In a provocative statement shared on his official Facebook page on Thursday, Jalingo expressed strong support for the Hadith, which prescribes the death penalty for those who change their faith.<\/p>\n<p>He launched a fierce theological rebuttal against critics who argue that this Hadith contradicts the teachings of the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n<p>Jalingo labeled those questioning the Hadith as \u201cignorant\u201d and \u201cfabricators,\u201d accusing them of misunderstanding Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the divine authenticity of the Hadith, equating it with the Qur\u2019an and claiming that the two sources of Islamic guidance are of equal authority.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric pointed to various verses from the Qur\u2019an to support his stance, including Surah At-Tawbah, verse 5, which he said legitimizes the killing of apostates.<\/p>\n<p>Jalingo also declared that the widely quoted verse on religious freedom, \u201cThere is no compulsion in religion,\u201d has been abrogated by later verses that allow for the killing of non-believers.<\/p>\n<p>While his post has received support from hardline followers, it has sparked fierce backlash from human rights advocates and some Muslim voices, who condemned the comments as dangerous and inflammatory.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over Jalingo&#8217;s stance is likely to intensify, with critics warning of the potential consequences for interfaith relations and religious freedom in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Dr. Ibrahim Jalingo, the National Chairman of the Council of Ulama, has stirred controversy by advocating for the death penalty for anyone who renounces their religion, defending a Hadith that calls for the execution of apostates. In a provocative statement shared on his official Facebook page on Thursday, Jalingo expressed strong support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":64124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64130,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64123\/revisions\/64130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}