That amputation is a typical punishment for theft in Muslim countries

Of the world’s 50 or so Muslim-majority states, only about half a dozen allow for amputations and at least one of those countries – Pakistan – has never carried out the penalty in practice

That veiling is mandatory under shari’ah law

Women are simply advised by the Qur’an to wear modest clothing and – like men – to lower their eyes and maintain their chastity

That suicide bombing is permissible under sharia law

Most interpreters of the Qur’an understand it to forbid suicide. The first suicide bombing by Muslims was carried out in 1983 during the Lebanese civil war

Stoning is mentioned in the Qur’an

Stoning is not mentioned as a punishment in the Qur’an. It was institutionalized on the basis of hadiths (reports about Muhammad) which were themselves not written down until more than a century after his death and many of which are suspect.

Capital punishment for apostasy is mentioned by the Qur’an

The Qur’an repeatedly warns believers who abandon their faith that they will have to account to God in the afterlife, but it does not provide for their punishment on earth.   »»» The Guardian (U.K.)

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