Scholars hotly debate treatment of apostates.
"......“The view that Islamic scholars of the past had different views on how to punish apostates is incorrect. They only disagreed on how soon apostates should be executed; should it be done in three days, one week or few months. The waiting time is left to the discretion of the ruler,” said Muhammad Al-Nujaimi, a professor at the Higher Institute of Law in Riyadh......"
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=24&sec...=30&m=4&y=2009
Will be interesting to see what comes out of this one.