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4. The Quran Champions Freedom of Conscience.
“If your Sustainer willed, all who are on earth, would have believed (by not providing free will). Would you then, compel people to become believers?” (Quran, 10:99)
“There is no compulsion in matters of faith.” (Quran, 2:256)
Despite what some modern Muslim majority states do in the name of God (namely, anti-blasphemy & apostasy laws), the Quran advocates total freedom of speech and expression. This is, after all, a fundamental human right. Otherwise, what would be the point in endowing human beings with free-will?
Read more: Blasphemy & Apostasy Laws: Islam or Hislam?
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