Muslims and pro-Islam supporters are attempting to argue that the interpretation "whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him," is a misinterpretation and should be interpreted as "whoever changes the religion of Islam, kill him." With this argument of theirs, we can witness just how ignorant and uneducated these people are, and just how big of liars, by examining Islam's most trusted sources.
Sahih al-Bukari 6922 says, "Narrated 'Ikrima: Some Zanadiqu (atheists [poor translation]) were brought to 'Ali; and he burnt them. The news of this event reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.' "
'Ali was the 4th of the rightly guided Kalifs.
Sunin an-Nasai 4065 says, "It was narrated from 'Ikrimah: "Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the Messenger of Allah said: 'No one should be punished with the punishment of Allah.' If it had been me, I would have killed them; the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.' "
Not only that, but Qur'an 3:85 says, "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost."
It is utterly amazing how Muslims and pro-Islam supporters attempt to argue about "context" and "misinterpretations" when they clearly do not have a clue what context actually is or looks like, and they know nothing about interpretation. Instead of trying to make up ridiculous arguments and false interpretations, these people would benefit from educating and informing themselves by reading Islam's most trusted commentaries. The worst example of this was the woman who attempted to argue on live TV that "72 virgins" is a mistranslation and it should read "72 raisins" instead. Now, since Muhammad called black people "raisin heads," was this ignorant woman saying that it was "72 black people" or "72 dried grapes"?