Penalty of converting to Christianity

[Don Singleton]

I am not a muslim, but I try to be respectful of all faiths. I do have a question, related to Abdul Rahman


Many have said that the Qu'ran requires that a Muslim that leaves the faith be killed, yet Surah 2:256, Surah 16:82, Surah 42:48, and Surah 88:21-22 seem to me to indicate that even the Prophet was only to tell people what Allah wanted; he was not to force them to believe. If the Prophet was not permitted to kill people that left the faith, what is there in the Qu'ran that authorizes, much less compels, others to do so.