Apostasy and Islam

For most people in the West, leaving one's religion (apostasy) is simply not an issue of great concern. Some may be disappointed when such an event occurs, but today changing religions is so common that it just doesn't arouse much antagonism or anger — even the world "apostate" is hardly used anymore. That, however, is not the case in Islam where apostasy continues to be a crime punishable by death: those who are apostates must fear for their lives and even the lives of their families.

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