Response: And the hadith clearlt says to kill those who change their religion, not "because" they change their religion. Therefore, the hadith clearly does not say that one should be killed simply "because" they changed their religion, and the fact tha the Qur'an clearly states that there is no compulsion in religion (2:256) proves so. Furthermore, in Bukhari 9:89:318, a person comes to the prophet asking him to cancel his pledge of allegiance with islam.....and the prophet did nothing. There was no death involved. Debunked.
Lolz, nice that you quote that Bukhari 9.89.318. Here is what it says:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam. Then the bedouin got fever at Medina, came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge," But Allah's Apostle refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet refused Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet refused. The bedouin finally went out (of Medina) whereupon Allah's Apostle said, "Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and clears its good.
So in the hadith, the reason Muhammad didn't kill him is because technically, he is still a Muslim, because Muhammad refused to recognize his deconverstion, which ironically, is the same situation in my country. (Apostasy in Malaysia is illegal, and the malaysian government refuses to recognize apostates and consider them legally as muslims.)
And at the end, the bedouin had to evict out of Medinna, which ironically, is the same situation in my country, where the only way to legally apostasize from Islam is to leave my country and gain citizenship in another country.
And Muhammad even says that apostates are 'impurities' that needs to be cleared out from medinna. Such a loving and tolerant man.