Chapter 11:11.
APOSTASY: are Muslims free to leave Islam if they want?
Is it true that Muslims are not allowed to leave Islam if they so wish?
Are Muslims free to live the life God intended for all of us to be?
What is the meaning, what is the need for the Apostacy law in Islam?
What are the facts about Apostacy in Islam?
What is Apostasy? An apostate from Islam (a murtad) commonly defined as the abandonment of Islam by a Muslim, in word or through deed. It includes not only explicit renunciations of the Islamic faith by converting to another religion (or abandoning religion altogether), but also blasphemy or heresy, through any action or utterance implying unbelief, including those denying a "fundamental tenet or creed" of Islam.
Apostacy in practice today: Until the late 19th century, the vast majority of Sunni and Shia jurists held that for adult men, apostasy from Islam was a crime as well as a sin, an act of treason punishable with the death penalty, often (depending on the school of law) after a waiting period to allow the apostate time to repent and to return to Islam.
As of 2014, there were twelve Muslim-majority countries where apostasy from Islam was punishable by death, and another thirteen where there were penal or civil penalties such as jail, fines, or penalty but loss of child custody. (Marshall, Paul; Shea, Nina. 2011. Silenced. How Apostasy & Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.61)
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