Mughal Administration c10.s6.9

c10.s6.9

(iv) on apostates (*murtadd*) from Islam (*Quran*, iv. 91 *et seq.*) “The conversion of a non-Muslim to another non-Muslim religion is punishable with death. A *zindiq*, i.e., any one who, professing to be a Muslim, is really an unbeliever, or any one who belongs to no religion,” is liable to the death sentence...... “Every unbeliever who does not pay the *jizya*...may at any time be killed by any Muslim without the latter being liable to any kind of punishment or (money) damages.” The killing of an apostate is an obligatory duty.