mapsontheweb:Percentage of Muslims in the Middle EastCountries that still have laws punishing aposta

mapsontheweb:Percentage of Muslims in the Middle EastCountries that still have laws punishing apostasy (defined as: “the conscious abandonment of Islam by a Muslim in word or through deed; it includes the act of converting to another religion or non-acceptance of faith to be irreligious, by a person who was born in a Muslim family or who had previously accepted Islam”).Morocco: scholars debating whether apostasy deserves the death penalty or is simply a matter of ‘high treason’; atheists sentenced to prisonMauritania: death penalty(Off-topic, but fun fact: 20% of the population of Mauritania are officially slaves.)Nigeria: officially freedom of religion, but several Nigerian states apply sharia law, and the death penalty for apostasyEgypt: officially doesn’t apply the death penalty for apostasy, but persecutes it as a crime and encourages mob lynchingsSudan: death penaltyJordan: apostasy is punished by prison, automatic marriage annulment, annulment of inheritance rights and asset seizure by the StateIraq: situation unclear because of the ongoing violence and political crisis, but people have been arrested and tortured for apostasyKuwait:apostasy is punished by prison, automatic marriage annulment, annulment of inheritance rights and asset seizure by the StateSaudi Arabia: strictly applies sharia law, which includes the death penalty for apostasyYemen: death penaltySomalia: death penalty, often enforced as mob lynchingIran: death penaltyQatar: death penaltyAfghanistan: death penaltyPakistan: loss of inheritance and property rightsMaldives: death penaltyMalaysia: death penalty, fines, prison or counseling depending on the staeBrunei: death penaltyBtw I’m seeing a new trend on tumblr of people warning it’s offensive to say people ‘convert’ to Islam and you should say some shit like ‘returning’ to Islam because according to Islam we’re all born Muslims and we ‘return’ to the faith when we convert as adults, so that’s the #valid and #woke and #respectful thing to say, but apostasy laws are part why it’s so shitty to hold and spread that point of view: because in Islam (as it’s understood by millions of people and thousands of imams and theologians and judges), you don’t get a choice. If you’re born in a Muslim family (and even if you aren’t, according to some), you’re automatically Muslim from birth, and if you walk away from that, in any direction, you are sentenced with the death penalty - or you can be imprisoned, or fined, or lose everything you have, or be legally shunned by your family - in most of the Muslim-majority countries (and in illegal sharia courts dotting the Western world). So while it may be fun on tumblr to erase the difference between choosing a religion and getting a religion forced on you (as long as it’s not Christianity we’re talking about), this is actually a point of law that changes the lives of millions around the world. Please be mindful of that. -- source link

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