http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy
Some consequences for it that the Watchtower can only envy:
The following are some nations that treat apostasy under their criminal laws.
- Iran – illegal (death penalty) [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
- Egypt – illegal (3 years' imprisonment) [ 15 ]
- Pakistan – illegal (death penalty [ 15 ] since 2007)
- United Arab Emirates – illegal (3 years' imprisonment, flogging) [ 16 ]
- Somalia – illegal (death penalty) [ 17 ]
- Afghanistan – illegal (death penalty, although the U.S. and other coalition members have put pressure that has prevented recent executions) [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
- Saudi Arabia – illegal (death penalty, although there have been no recently reported executions) [ 15 ] [ 20 ]
- Sudan – illegal (death penalty, although there have only been recent reports of torture, and not of execution) [ 21 ] [ 22 ]
- Qatar – illegal (death penalty) [ 23 ]
- Yemen – illegal (death penalty) [ 23 ]
- Malaysia – illegal in five of 13 states (fine, imprisonment, and flogging) [ 24 ] [ 25 ]
- Mauritania – illegal (death penalty if still apostate after 3 days) [ 26 ]
- Morocco – illegal to proselytise conversion (15 years' imprisonment) [ 27 ]
- Jordan – possibly illegal (fine, jail, child custody loss, marriage annulment) although officials claim otherwise, convictions are recorded for apostasy [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ]
- Oman – legal in criminal code, but according to the family code, a father can lose custody of his child [ 31 ]