Apostasy and Islam

Another of the wonderful arguments that belief in Islam brings to the table is 'Apostasy - The Consequence.'

Meaning once you submit to Islam, there is no going back. No option to review your position in the light of new information. Should you wish to commit the crime of apostasy, and choose something like, Atheism, Scientology, Buddhism or even nihilism, the penalty is death. It is not difficult to see how, for children born into Islamic belief, this may present a potential for conundrum.

The death penalty for apostasy is not some age old edict that has fallen into disrepair, like the christian one that demands the killing of homosexuals, but a working example of how Islamic believers continue to apply their faith in the Quran.

All of which came as bad news for Abdirahman Ahmed, a Somalian Islam who evidently turned his back on the prophet and was found guilty in accordance with the Quran by an Islamic Sharia court. He died by firing squad on Thursday 8th January 2009, for the crime of Apostasy.

The Sharia court in Kismayo, Somalia, who pronounced his guilt decided that he should only be killed 'after the afternoon prayer session' which is a little mystifying. Why not execute him before prayers and then say prayers after. Or, seeing as there are prayers 5 times each day, which prayer session is the most important with regard to executing an apostate. It all seems so confusing sometimes.

My question is this. Is there not enough sickness in the world.