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16. That fact that apostasy is a crime in 23 Muslim countries says a lot about their "tolerance"
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 12:05 PM
Oct 2014

Apostasy in Islam is commonly defined as the conscious abandonment of Islam by a Muslim in word or through deed.It includes the act of converting to another religion (such as Christianity) by a person who was born in a Muslim family or who had previously accepted Islam

Twenty-three Muslim-majority countries, as of 2013, cover apostasy in Islam through their criminal laws.
(up to and including the death penalty)

Is that a state crime in any other religion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy_in_Islam

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