Recently someone asked a question about wanting to leave Islam and become Catholic. I answered by saying I've heard people who leave Islam can be punished with death. A woman, a Muslim no doubt, "corrected" me by saying Islam doesn't do that and that I obviously did not understand the religion. So I pose this question. And I supply these links reference. Read them and explain to me how Islam is peaceful.

http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/apo...
http://www.christianexaminer.com/Article...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1...
http://www.islamicperspectives.com/Apost...

http://www.peacefaq.com/apostacy.html
http://islam-watch.org/others/Death_Fatw...