Apostasy and Counter-narratives—Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Example of the Islamic State

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Notes

1. This study was prepared in the framework of a larger research project on “Leaving Islam: Apostasy, Freedom of Religion and Conflicts in a Multireligious Sweden,” funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). I would like to express my gratitude to Dr Simon Sorgenfrei (Södertörn University, Sweden) and Ph.D. Candidate Christer Mattsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) who read and commented on an earlier draft of this text. 

2. The original reference is found in al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhârî, Vol. 9., hadith No. 6930 and No. 6931 (Arabic and English translation by Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan) (Riyadh: Darussalam, 1997), 50–51.

3. al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhârî, Vol. 9., hadith No. 6931, 51. The explanation given between the brackets in the quotation is an addition by the translator Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan. The naṣli, riṣāf and fūqa are different parts of an arrow, according to Khan.

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Göran Larsson

Göran Larsson is Professor in Religious Studies and deputy dean for the Faculty of Arts at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His main research area is Islam and Muslims in Europe in both the past and present.