Editing Hindu–Islamic relations (section)

====Apostasy====
{{Main|Apostasy in Islam}}
[[Apostasy]], defined in Islam as the conscious act by a Muslim of leaving Islam or [[Blasphemy|blaspheming]] against it, is a religious crime according to some [[Fiqh|Islamic schools of law]].<ref>
{{citation |author1=Marie-Luisa Frick  |author2=Andreas Th. Müller |title=Islam and International Law: Engaging Self-Centrism from a Plurality of Perspectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOGlx2dJvZYC |year=2013 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-23336-2 |page=95}}
</ref><ref>
{{citation |first1=Kecia |last1=Ali |first2=Oliver |last2=Leaman |title=Islam: The Key Concepts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5-CdzqmuXsC |year=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-39638-7 |pages=10–11}}
</ref><ref name=jea>
{{citation |first=John |last=Esposito |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VeCWQfVNjkC |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-512559-7 |page=22}}
</ref>

Hinduism does not have a "unified system of belief encoded in a declaration of faith or a [[creed]]" and is thus more tolerant to apostasy.<ref name="Lipner 2010"/><ref name="MK Gandhi"/> Some Hindu sects believe that ethical conversion, without force or reward, is completely acceptable.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Himalayan Academy Publications – How to Become a Hindu|url=https://www.himalayanacademy.com/view/how-to-become-a-hindu|access-date=2021-09-04|website=himalayanacademy.com}}</ref> However, the [[Vashistha Dharmasutra|Vashistha Dharmasastra]], the [[Apastamba Dharmasutra]], and [[Yajnavalkya]] state that a son of an apostate is also considered an apostate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Banerji|first=Sures Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAZ0CAt03_QC&pg=PA196|title=A Brief History of Dharmaśāstra|date=1999|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-370-0|language=en}}</ref> Smr̥ticandrikā lists apostates as a group of people upon touching whom, one should take a bath.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Banerji|first=Sures Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAZ0CAt03_QC&pg=PA185|title=A Brief History of Dharmaśāstra|date=1999|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-370-0|language=en}}</ref> [[Nāradasmṛti]] and Parasara-samhita state that a wife can remarry if her husband becomes an apostate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Banerji|first=Sures Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAZ0CAt03_QC&dq=stripumsa+prakarana&pg=PA82|title=A Brief History of Dharmaśāstra|date=1999|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-370-0|language=en}}</ref> The Saint [[Parashara]] commented that religious rites are disturbed if an apostate witnesses them.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kirk|first=James A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUwqAAAAYAAJ&q=parashara+apostate|title=Stories of the Hindus: An Introduction Through Texts and Interpretation|date=1972|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-02-563230-1|language=en}}</ref> He also comments that those who forgo the [[Rig Veda]], [[Samaveda]], and [[Yajurveda]] are "nagna" (naked) or an apostate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rao|first=T. A. Gopinatha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJD-KresBwIC&dq=nagna+apostate&pg=PA217|title=Elements of Hindu Iconography|date=1985|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers|isbn=978-81-208-0878-2|language=en}}</ref>

Both religions state that there should be no compulsion in religion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quran Tafsir Ibn Kathir|url=http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138|website=qtafsir.com|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>[[Jacques Berque]] (1995), ''Le Coran : Essai de traduction'', p.63, note v.256, éditions Albin Michel, Paris.</ref>