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And when he had given command over her and she was put in a hole up to her breast, he ordered the people to stone her.

"Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History", p.

Female apostates could be either executed, according to Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence fiqh , or imprisoned until she reverts to Islam as advocated by the Sunni Hanafi school and by Shi'a scholars.

researchers suggests that support for suicide bombings is rooted in opposition to real or perceived foreign military occupation, rather than Islam, according to a Department of Defense-funded study by University of Chicago researcher Robert Pape.

Stephen Bates 29 January 2007.

There was a great deal of data.

As humans, violence is part of our existence and can sometimes be necessary and essential.

A majority considers apostasy in Islam to be some form of religious crime, although a minority does not.

Rudolph Peters, Jihad in Medieval and Modern Islam Brill, 1977 , p.