Islam Is a Deen, Not a Religion

ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION. I want everyone to know that from the start.
The more people who know, the less who will think it automatically
deserves protective status.

Islam is a deen (din), a complete way of life. It is political in
nature - has a government known as the Khilafah (Caliphate), a leader
of the Ummah (nation/community of Muslims) called Khalif (Caliph) -
which means successor, a set of laws to govern known as Sharia. Sharia
covers every little detail and aspect of life - societal, financial,
military, political and yes...religious. This is where the religion
comes in, but it's NOT what the deen is all about.

Islam is no different than any other way of life that has been forced
on people, leaving them oppressed and abused. It deserves the same
treatment and critique we gave to Communism or Nazism.

Muslims that leave the deen (din) can be killed.  It's treason and that is political!

Sahih Muslim
Chapter 6: WHEN IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO TAKE THE LIFE OF A MUSLIM
Book 016, Number 4152:

'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not permissible to take the life of a Muslim who bears testimony (to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and I am the Messenger of Allah, but in one of the three cases: the married adulterer, a life for life, and the deserter of his Din (Islam), abandoning the community.