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Salam
this issue is very difficult to give clear fatwas because of the complexities it carries.
There are different opinions on this matter and only a Court can decide because of its complexity. However
Those who live in a non muslim country have a contract signed with the Authorities and that contract is allowing them to work and live as a citizan of that land and therefore have no right to change the law when they feel like it but to obeye it unless it has been done legaly nor are allowed to defraud the system either so when a person chooses to go against a religion it become a matter of that land's law to decide and not Muslims.
Unlike Catholics who were killing our grand parents the moors while in Spain without just cause or the Jews who went ahead killing anyone who claimed to be a Prophet with new religion Islam does not allow such force to be used without a reason
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Some brother explained it much better
see below
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But the matter does not end here. We know that the Qur’an has referred to the issue of apostasy at more than one place (for example see Al-Baqarah 2: 217, Al-Baqarah 2: 108, A’l Imra’n 3: 90, Al-Nisa’ 4: 137 and Al-Nahl 16: 106). But at none of these places does the Qur’an mention the punishment of death for such people who change their religion. The Qur’an does mention that such people shall face a terrible punishment in the hereafter but no worldly punishment is mentioned at any of these instances in the Qur’an. This situation obviously raises a question mark in the mind of the reader that if Allah had wanted to give the punishment of an apostate a permanent position in the Shari`ah, the punishment should have been mentioned, at least at one of the above mentioned places. If the Qur’an had kept completely silent about the apostate, the matter would have been different. But the strange thing is that the Qur’an mentions apostasy, and still does not mention the punishment (if any) it wants the apostate to be subjected to.
Moreover, the Qur’an clearly mentions in Al-Baqarah 2: 256 that:
There is absolutely no compulsion in religion
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"Let there be no compulsion in the religion: Surely the Right Path is clearly distinct from the crooked path." Al Baqarah, 2:256.
"Those who blasphemed and back away from the ways of Allah and die as blasphemers, Allah shall not forgive them." Suratan Nisa', Ayah 48.
"Those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe again, then disbelieve, and then increase in their disbelief - Allah will never forgive them nor guide them to the path." Surah An-Nisa', 4:137.
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So to post few haddiths and verses without knowing the reason behind them is not wise
You also need to look at the Tourat and the bible and see what the rulling are.
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