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Qur'an
It has been suggested that "The Qur'an states that God (in Arabic, Allah) despises apostasy, with severe punishment to be imposed in the hereafter, but not mentioning explicitly any earthly penalty for apostates. Except for 16:106-109, the verses that discuss apostasy all appear in surahs identified as Madinan, that is, they belong to the period when the Islamic state had been established." However, mainstream translations, such as those by Pickthall, Asad, Malik, Yusuf Ali and even Maududi, a 'liberal' translator contradict this.

Qur'an Surah 4. An-Nisaa, Ayah 89 or Qur'an 4:89 states that "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as the(Apostate): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they the[[Apostate] turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them". This command to kill or slay is in all mainstream translations .  Furthermore it is Qur'an 4:89 that is often quoted in Sharia courts as justification for the execution of an Apostate.