Editing Apostasy (section)

=== Public opinion ===
According to the [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslim sect, there is no punishment for apostasy, neither in the Quran nor as it was taught{{Clarify|date=April 2022}} by [[Muhammad]].<ref name="truthbook">{{Cite book| url=https://www.alislam.org/library/books/Apostasy-in-Islam.pdf | title=The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam| publisher=Islam International Publications |isbn=1-85372-850-0|access-date=2014-03-31| year=2005}}</ref> The Ahmadiyya Muslim sect's position is not widely accepted by clerics in other sects of Islam, and the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam acknowledges that major sects have a different interpretation and definition of apostasy in Islam.<ref name="truthbook" />{{rp|18–25}} Ulama of major sects of Islam consider the Ahmadi Muslim sect as ''[[kafir]]s'' (infidels)<ref name="truthbook" />{{rp|8}} and apostates.<ref>Khan, A. M. (2003), Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan: An Analysis Under International Law and International Relations, Harvard Human Rights Journal, 16, 217</ref><ref>Andrew March (2011), ''Apostasy: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-980596-9}}</ref>