Outlaws

Posted on 06/28/2012 by marina

OUTLAWS.
(1) An Apostate, if he escapes to another country, is an outlaw.
(2) A fornicator should be expelled from his country and be an outlaw for a whole year.

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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