Heres Where You Can Still Go To Jail For Renouncing Your Religion Or Blasphemy All of the 21 countries that had apostasy laws in 2012 have predominantly Muslim populations, most have Islam as the official national religion. The punishments vary. Some places are more religiously strict than others. For example, in the island nation of the Maldives, according to Pew, anyone who wants to be a citizen is required to be Muslim. And converting to another religion can lead to revocation of citizenship. But before you get to thinking religion-based laws are purely a Muslim thing, check out this map of places with anti-blasphemy laws. The colors represent the dominant religion in the nation. According to Pew, 22 percent of the worlds nations have laws against blasphemy.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 06:30:16 +0000
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