summary: the killing of apostates is demanded by the holy books of Islam and might even be considered by some as  the ultimate denial of free speech and thought - the reality is that such killings have been part of Islam for millenia and will continue to be - historically, Muslims from different sects have even extended this act to those who do not follow the same path

WorldNet Daily

Friday, August 15, 2008

Muslim father burns Christian daughter alive
Man slices out girl’s tongue, ignites her after ‘heated debate on religion’

Posted: August 13, 2008
9:54 PM Eastern

A Saudi Arabian Muslim father cut out his daughter’s tongue and lit her on fire upon learning that she had become a Christian.

The child became curious about Jesus Christ after she read Christian material online, the Gulf News reported.

Her father read of her Internet conversation, detached her tongue and burned her to death “following a heated debate on religion,” according to an International Christian Concern report.

The father is employed by the muwateen, or Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The muwateen are police tasked by the government with enforcing religious purity. The man has been taken into custody, and his identity has not been released.

The ICC pointed out the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has reported textbooks at the Saudi Arabian government school in Northern Virginia teach, “It is permissible for a Muslim to kill an apostate (a convert from Islam).”

Saudi Arabian oil money is used to export Wahabbism – a version of Islam said to be least tolerant toward non-Muslims – to other nations, including the U.S., ICC notes.

ICC president Jeff King said, “Saudi Arabia has to treat Christians with the same respect that it wants Muslims to be treated in other countries. It has to stop exporting hate and persecution against Christians in other countries.”