Koshiishi has reportedly been counseling restraint in the severity of punishment for the apostates.

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The more notorious rulings have seen self-declared Muslims branded apostates for seeking to reinterpret fundamental principles of the faith.

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Those who fall for this maneuver are either naifs or apostates.

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Also, at the opposite end of the spectrum, there are Muslim doubters, revisionists and reformers, who have had to mute their voices for fear of being branded apostates.

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It is not possible to declare as apostates any group of Muslims who believes in Allah the Mighty and Sublime and His Messenger (may Peace and Blessings be upon him) and the pillars of faith, and respects the pillars of Islam and does not deny any necessary article of religion.

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