As noble as the intentions of Egyptian intellectual Ahmed Sa'ad Al-Zayed and Journalist Khaled Montasser may be in thinking they can re-invent the Islamic faith into a more tolerant religion in which knowledge, tolerance, liberty, and human dignity for all Egyptians can abound, one cannot sever Islam from its teachings which require both coercive and forcible tactics to subjugate the world to Islam and command the killing of those who would dare convert from Islam to another religion for in doing so, the Islamic religion as we know and understand it would be severely undermined, if not destroyed and abandoned altogether.

It is well documented from the Islamic hadiths itself that the prophet Muhammad commanded his followers to kill those who would abandon Islam and to forcibly subjugate all people to submit to Islam:

(Sahih Bukhari Book 88, Hadith 5 or Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 57,
Sahih Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 138 or Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 176,
Sahih Bukhari, Book 58, Hadith 9 or Vol. 4, Book 53, Hadith 392,
Sahih Muslim, Book 32 Hadith 74 or book 19 Hadith 4366, Book 32; Hadith 75 or book 19; Hadith 4366,
Jami At Tirmidhi Book 21; Hadiths 69 and 70 or Vol. 3, Book 19, Hadiths1606, and 1607, Bulugh Al Maram, Book 11; Hadith 1341 or Book 11; 1315,
Musnad Amhad Book 2; Hadith 136,
Sahih Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 153, or Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 191,
Sahih Bukhari Book 58, Hadith 3 or Vol. 4, Book 53, Hadith 386 )
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