Author: William Orbih

Following the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, numerous questions have been raised. Those who killed her accused her of blasphemy, which has led to the question of what the punishment of blasphemy in Islam is? According to Deborah’s killers, she insulted the much-revered prophet of Islam and deserved to be stoned to death and burnt to ashes. While some Muslims have publicly displayed their support for Deborah’s killers, others have condemned their action as Un-Islamic. In the opinion of the latter, whether Deborah blasphemed or not is not the issue here. Instead, the point is that there is no justification…