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# Questions People Ask About Islam
- URL: https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/questions-people-ask/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:03:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:04:16.000Z
- Description: Twelve questions colleagues, neighbours and new Muslims ask, from Jesus and jihad to hijab and leaving Islam, answered from the Qur'an and hadith, with the range of scholarly views shown where Muslims differ.
- Author: Sarge Siddiqui
- Tags: Deen, New to Islam, Interactive Tools

New to the Qur'an? Start with [The Qur'an: What It Is, How It Came Down, and How It Was Kept](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/the-quran/), then read [Muhammad ﷺ: A Life](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prophet-muhammad/). All articles: [Deen: Start Here](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/deen/).

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Honest, sourced answers to the questions colleagues, neighbours and new Muslims most often ask about Islam. Where Muslim scholars genuinely disagree, the page says so and sets out the range.

Only where scholars differ

Sources 

Qur'an quotations: Dr Mustafa Khattab, *The Clear Quran* (quran.com), checked 11 Nov 2026\. Hadith: sunnah.com, checked the same day except Bukhārī 4987 and 6922, which would not load. The Birmingham manuscript figures are from the University of Birmingham.

1. [University of Birmingham: Qur'an manuscript dated among the oldest in the world](https://birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/original/quran-manuscript-lightbox?ref=mohammadsiddiqui.com)
2. [Ahkam journal: The apostasy penalty in contemporary Islamic jurisprudence](https://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/ahkam/article/view/36147?ref=mohammadsiddiqui.com)
3. [Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law: Apostasy punishment in Islamic scholarly discourse](https://mjsl.usim.edu.my/index.php/jurnalmjsl/article/view/755?ref=mohammadsiddiqui.com)

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