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با لطف الهی مقاله «حق آزادی عقیده و رابطه آن با ارتداد» در فصلنامه با عنوان  « Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences » در ماه آوریل 2016 انتشار یافت.

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ABSTRACT
One of the human rights which have been taken into account in different ethical and legal schools is the freedom
of opinion. According to this right, no opinion can be imposed on any individual. This right has been endorsed
in some Quranic verses, too. However, some claim that apostasy ruling is incongruent with the freedom-ofopinion
right. The present article first enumerates the Quranic verses about the freedom of opinion and then, it
shows that the apostasy ruling can be widely seen in Judaism and Christianity. Afterward, it criticizes the doubt
on the incongruity of freedom of opinion with apostasy ruling for two reasons. First, one should consider the
necessity of accepting the requirements of believing in Islam. Second, the apostasy punishment is conditioned to
its propagation.
KEYWORDS: Freedom of opinion, Apostasy, Islam, Quranic verses.
1. INTRODUCTION
Included in the teachings of the Quran are discussions of this divine book on human rights. It should be
noted that the denotations of the word Haq (the Arabic term for right) include affirmation, correctness, and
truth.1 On the other hand, its terminological meanings include entitlement, inviolability, advantage, and power.
Moreover, right has been described as the essence of the social rules and regulations and the system of the
personal and social behaviors of the citizens of a society, whose implementation has been guaranteed.2
Besides, we might claim that examination of human rights is one of the most basic discussions in the legal
domain. This topic received a special attention throughout the world when the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights was passed in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights might be considered as the most
important achievement of the modern era, since different countries accepted it after years of social and religious
disputations and fights. Nowadays, everyone in the world praises humanity for enactment of this declaration.
Despite some theological, jurisprudential, and legal concerns over some parts of this declaration, its
content in general emphasizes ethical principles and bases such as human dignity, the principle of freedom and
right, the necessity of observing human rights and sanctity, prohibition of any kind of prejudice against humans,
and the necessity of observing justice in the enforcement of rules and plans. One of the rights that have been
endorsed in this declaration is the freedom of religion and opinion.
On the other hand, some have referred to the apostasy ruling – which is stated in some Quranic verses –
and have claimed that this ruling is incongruent with the freedom-of-opinion right. Using a descriptiveanalytical
research method, the study at hand tries to answer the following questions:
• What is the view of the Quran to the freedom of opinion?
• Is the freedom-of-opinion right incongruent with the apostasy ruling?
2. Freedom of opinion in Quran’s view
One of the human rights that is emphasized by all humans and whose correctness has been endorsed by the
Quran before any law expert has commented on it is that the human is free to choose his opinion and religion,
and no one should be forced to accept a religion. The Quranic teachings in this domain can be categorized into
two groups.
2.1 The Quran’s emphasis on the hig