[ Tellingly, severe punishments for blasphemy and apostasy appeared when increasingly despotic Muslim empires needed to find a religious justification to eliminate political opponents. ]
So those that use are Islamic Empires - where the conclusion is that they can be crushed without the label of attacking Islam....
If true, then the Moslem nations need to be eradicated - because they ALL do this and allow such to be done!
Am I wrong? Or is the author of this article a liar and covering up and is no more an apologist for Islamic violence?