Questions People Ask About Islam

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.

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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.

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
  2. Ahkam journal: The apostasy penalty in contemporary Islamic jurisprudence
  3. Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law: Apostasy punishment in Islamic scholarly discourse

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