Writing and Speaking without Considering Reason, Law, and Shariah

under the guarantee of safety. (At-Tashri’ al-Jina’i al-Islami, Vol. 1, p. 278) One question arises regarding the country deemed Dar alHarb, which is at war with Muslims. Should both Muslims and non-Muslims living there be legitimately killed? There is a difference of opinion among jurists on this matter. Some argue that both can be killed because the protection of life and property is related to the “Dar” or land. Therefore, every inhabitant of a country with which a state of war is established, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, should be considered subject to the laws of war unless they migrate to Dar al-Islam. Another group of jurists distinguishes between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations residing in Dar alHarb. According to their perspective, non-Muslims can be legitimately killed, but not Muslims. They believe that infallibility, the protection of life and property, is based on one’s religious belief, regardless of whether one resides in Dar al-Islam or Dar al-Harb. These issues are discussed in the book mentioned earlier (page 278). However, it was unjustifiably linked to the issue of blasphemy, leading to the erroneous declaration that the blasphemer must be killed regardless of his place of residence. The second point mentioned above is that being a Muslim, Salman Rushdie falls under the jurisdiction of Islamic law, which prescribes death as the punishment for apostasy. Furthermore, if an Islamic government fails to enforce this