This is a very telling report on what constitutes normative Islam, contradicting the inaccuracies that ill-informed and agenda-driven folk continue to spread. In normative Islam, challenging or criticizing Islamic texts renders you worthy of death. These countries demonstrate a clear awareness of that fact.
“The countries where apostasy is punishable by death”, by Louis Dore, Independent, May 7, 2017:
Thirteen countries, all of a Muslim majority, punish apostasy (the renunciation of a particular religion), or blasphemy with death.
The annual Freedom of Thought report by the International Humanist and Ethical Union, found that 13 countries impose capital punishment upon people simply for their beliefs, or lack of them.
Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen are the relevant countries.
All of these countries, except Pakistan, allow for capital punishment against apostasy, while Pakistan imposes the death penalty for blasphemy – including a disbelief in God.
Among the best-ranked countries in the report, which received a “free and equal” rating, were Jamaica, Uruguay, Japan, Taiwan…..
Allan Mandrowski says
Is Nigeria a Muslim majority country?
Other then that, no surprises. Where is the outrage about this in the West?
mortimer says
Even if the country doesn’t legally punish blasphemy and apostasy, YOU CAN STILL BE KILLED for those Sharia crimes by pious Muslims.
ALL Muslims live in constant fear of their own Muslim relatives, Muslim friends, and Muslim acquaintances. Any of them could betray them and slit their throats.
Every Muslim may murder a blasphemer or apostate under Sharia, so every Muslim is the enemy of every Muslim.
Don Foss says
Mortimer is correct. Even countries without government sanctioned execution for apostasy will not prosecute family members who honor kill one of their own for the offense to Allah.
nicu says
We have all these African refugees in germany ! All Muslims
Bob says
And each one, doubtless, your evemy, as taught in the koran!
Bob says
And each one, doubtless, your evemy, as taught in the koran! And no, this isn’t a duplicate!
dumbledoresarmy says
Nigeria is a country divided. In the southern third (more or less) the population is mostly non-Muslim – Christian and anmist. In the central third (more or less) the population is about evenly divided: non-Muslim and Muslim. In the northern third the Muslims dominate, absolutely.
Muslims dominate the armed forces and politics. The current President is a Muslim. In the northern states the Muslims – not only Boko Haram but just Muslim raiders issuing from Muslim ‘communities’ – are constantly attacking the Christians, and have been driving them out. In the centre, jihad is also rising.
The Biafra war in the late 1960s was essentially a jihad, waged by the Muslim north against the majority-Christian south (Biafra) which had attempted to secede (Nigeria’s main source of wealth, oil and timber, is in the south; the Muslims were not about to lose access to and control over those resources).
It would have been much, much better for non-Muslim Nigerians had the British, when the country was granted independence, divided it into a Muslim north and a non-Muslim south and *required* a strict population exchange/ separation: all northern-origin Muslims in the southern part at that time should have been required to move into the Islamic half and all non-Muslims then in the north encouraged to move to the south… and then assisted to massively fortify and defend the border between the two.
Don Foss says
When even a great man of peace like Gandhi sees no other option with the Muslim population but to just give them their own damned country, as he worked for in the partition of India with a new country for Muslims, Pakistan, you have to know how bad it is having hordes of Muslims as your neighbors. Even Gandhi, of all people, saw no other solution for safety and security of Hindus and Sikhs. Unfortunately for India, not all Muslims agreed to leave for a sharia-compliant country just given to them.
danny says
It is wrong for you to make a comparison between Nigeria and India. Indians and Pakistanis are the same race separated by religion, Hinduism and Islam. In the Nigerian situation, the Igbos and the fulanis have no cultural, linguistic, historical and religious similarities at all. The Igbos are 99% Christians while the hausa/fulanis are 99% Muslims having a 100% difference in social behavior. In a sane world the Igbos and the fulanis have no business sharing the same country. The British however created the current merger, using the fulanis against the Igbos in order to have a 100% access to the southern Nigeria resources, especially oil and gas.
The unity of Nigeria is a British neo-colonial policy of complete and utter exploitation of southern Nigeria resources, using the fulanis as an ally in this evil policy.
Allan Mandrowski says
Thanks. That is the answer I was looking for!
Unsurprisingly, Muslim majority countries are amongst the most savage nations in the world.
Keith Jordan says
Liberals seem to think the US is the only evil government in the world, run by the fascist Adolf Trump! All other governments are automatically wonderful, and get a pass.
Terry says
Uruguay, which has (or perhaps out now) a left wing PM, took in a bunch of Syrians, for “humanitarian” reasons.
At least one Uruguayan Jewish man was killed by these “refugees”-for being Jewish. This was in one of the more expensive sections of Montevideo (the capital). (This made the news, possibly JW-I don’t know).
The area, which for years had virtually no crime, now has some. (Not as bad, as, for example, Chicago; but not as crime free as it once was).
Almost all of the perps are Syrians.
(I have relatives who have relatives that live in Montevideo).
nicu says
Everybody who takes one of them will regret it very quickly — they breed like rats and are hyper violent – and being grateful they don’t know at all !
Germany’s crime statistic is now 52% !!! more than before
David A says
Before when. Link please.
v says
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3893436/Angela-Merkel-pressure-refugee-policy-revealed-migrants-committed-142-500-crimes-Germany-six-months-2016.html
TL says
Please be a little more careful with that sweeping generalization “Syrian”. When I was growing up, a family with a Syrian Arab father lived three doors down the block, and they were never a problem for the neighborhood. It’s true also that they weren’t Muslims, but I’m sure this had nothing to do with it. Heh.
Denny Lee Penticoff says
The overwhelming majority of Arab people who assimilated in the USA were Christians who fled persecution in Syria, Lebanon, or Palestine.
Terry says
Doesn’t Pakistan have the death penalty for almost anything and everything about Islam? Disrespect it; be a non-Muslim; forget to go the mosque, etc.?
Mauritania-as recently (that I know of) 20 or 25 years ago, had slavery-even Time or Newsweek had a story about it, then.
Considering that the US abolished slavery in 1865. Britain before that.
Ciudadano says
Well, I keep hearing that Islam is the religion of peace, there is no compulsion in Islam and there is no violence in Islam, so the logical conclusion is that those countries’ governments don’t really understand Islam.
Wellington says
And this is “merely” de jure. My unsolicited suggestion: Whenever looking at anything Islamic, e.g., death for apostasy, first and foremost think de facto and not de jure. After all, and one knows or should know this by now, Islam is wrapped up in deceit and thus any “de jure consideration” versus any “de facto consideration” is only a technicality and nothing more if Islam is involved in the equation.
The massive deceit inherent in Islam, from its warped founder onwards, means that only a fool would take any Muslim at their word BECAUSE THEY ARE A MUSLIM———–and thus the “de jure” versus “de facto” distinction means zilch wherever Islam is a factor. Only a dhimmi fool would ever think otherwise.
Greatly unfortunately, dhimmi fools now abound in the West, examples being in the political realm the present Pope, the newly elected President of France, the current Prime Minister of the UK, the present Prime Minister of Canada, and, of course, the perpetually clueless John McCain———-and untold tons in academia, and mega-amounts in the media too. God, do these people disgust me.
Well, welcome to Bizarro World, to the world turned upside down, to the Age of Nonsense. And so no wonder Islam is making such strides in the Western world, the world which developed more rights—–for minorities, for women, et al.—–than any other world in history.
Such rights are now in great jeopardy and the kind of fools I referenced above are (mostly) insouciantly leading the West into a new Dark Age. If this happens, the sin upon them forever. What the Hell, even if we avert this calamity, which is a very close call right now, the sin upon them anyway since they have, at the very least, brought us to the precipice where freedom is lost and tyranny reigns, tyranny being something Islam is absolutely superb at. Sterling in fact. Doubt me here? Well then, just look at the Muslim world of today and tell me where freedom exists. Yeah, I dare anyone. Including John McCain and Justin Trudeau and Pope Francis and Theresa May and….and……and….. and…….
Don Foss says
How many of the people you mentioned, and hundreds more of our “leaders,” do you think have actually read a single sura of the Qur’an”? I believe that in today’s world it should be a requisite for holding executive office, to be able to pass a test on Islamic scripture and doctrine. In fact, I think having a fundamental knowledge of Islamic doctrine should be required for high school graduates in every democracy.
Leon Jensen says
Good luck with that. In US high schools the only thing that Thomas Jefferson did was have sex with a slave, and the two main points about WW2 was that we interred ethnic Japanese, and we should never have used the A-bomb.
Leon Degney says
Absolutely spot on with this comment. Wellington. I am, along with a plethora of Western World citizens who have spent their lives (in my case 70 plus years) fighting for rights and freedom one way or another. Not to mention the literal blood , sweat and tears of our predecessors. Now it seems we must sit back and watch most of this hard won battle being eroded with ever increasing momentum. It is a sickening, frustrating feeling bought about by a bunch of young do-gooders who have somehow managed to wheedle their ways into positions of authority, with no, or very little experience in world affairs I count them the judges who thwarted Trump’s migration plans. What can be said in favour of the Canadian PM the newly elected French President? Very, very little IMHO. Don’t even mention Angela Merkel, the Australian boofhead, Turnbull along with the now redundant David Cameron the ex-UK PM. Of course there are the brain dead Democrats of the US. What a miserable bunch! They are just NOT listening. I wonder if wheeling guillotines down the relevant streets and boulevards would encourage them to reconsider their insane migration policies and listen to the people. I have my doubts at this stage. Ho-hum!
pennant8 says
This is why the US Armed Forces should never be put in a position where they are expected to support and defend a sharia compliant government as we have been doing in Afghanistan going on 16 years, and with a plan afoot to actually escalate our involvement in that country.
nicu says
NUke them all before it’s too late — they spread like cancer with their hatred !
salim says
The headline is misleading as it suggests that the other countries are OK, which is far from true.
My country is not listed among the thirteen but I know well I become a threatened man once people know I left Islam.
However, rejection from the family and society and the social isolation that follows, can be more lethal than the actual killing.
Jenny H says
Best wishes for the future. Follow your heart, not religious and social pressure.
Don Foss says
There are millions around you, wherever you are. Apostates in their hearts like you but unable to come out about it. At least you are being honest to yourself.
risma says
Allahu Akbar!!! Daulah Islamiyah, baqiyah.
transparan.org
traci94 says
I would love to know why Saudi Arabia is allowed to sit on the UN Human Rights Council? I think that is outrageous! It should be a prerequisite that in order to sit on the Human Rights Council, a country must first actually….uh…practice human rights! Saudi Arabia is one of the worst, if not THE worst, abuser of human rights in the world.
Keith Jordan says
It would be better to do away with the UN.
Earl Robert says
I now believe in man made global warming and am increasing my footprint big time. This should help wipe out the Maldives with rising oceans and eliminate one of the 13 bad actors.
Leon Degney says
Hey Earl, only a couple of feet to go, a couple of good wood fired backyard barbies should just about do it mate. I’ll help next weekend.
Leon Degney says
Hey Earl, only a couple of feet to go. A couple of good wood-fired backyard barbies should do it. I’ll help next weekend.
Leon Degney says
oops don’t know what happened there.
northern lights says
In the Hadiths Muhammed issues “Kill” orders for apostates.
RationalVoice says
We often, in the UK. see TV images of immigrant muslim children doing their schoolwork and behaving like nice children with ambitions to be doctors and engineers etc .Many of them probably are but the trouble will come when they grow up after years of Islamic indoctrination and like all adolescents reject the country which gave them a chance. We then have homegrown terrorists in our midst. Why the hell our leaders are blind to this obvious fact I don’t know or perhaps they just think we should play the lottery of death like people in their former hellholes of Africa, Middle East and Far East do !!
davej says
Death for blasphemy or apostasy is built into Islamic theology. No organization of any kind that mandates death for leaving it should be allowed to exist in the free world.
Bulldoze the mosques!
Politicianphobia says
THE RELIGION OF PEACE grates on my mind like running finger nails on a chalkboard. I live in Canada, I say what I have to say about Islam and always will. I have been checking on Asia Bibi for some time now. She lives in Pakistan, a mother of five young children, sits on death row for blasphemy–she drank out of the same cup as her Muslim co-workers –Muslim woman said “You defiled our water”. SHARI’AH LAW AND ISLAM, what a combo! I do not expect any politician worldwide to step up and do anything to help her. If only all the voters and bleeding hearts in this world were to wake up and face reality, perhaps something could save her. I wonder if any left wing moron would like to pick which way the barbarians will end her life– behead, hang, stone or just shoot her– crucifixion, drowning and burning alive also seem to be in. Peace be upon you.
Politicianphobia says
Asia Bibi is a Christian just in case anyone cares. Maybe Justine will do something.
Leon Degney says
True! Hence the blasphemy charge, had she been Muslim no problems.
danny says
The inclusion of Nigeria on that list is wrong. I am a Nigerian (an ethinic Igbo) and a Christian and I have a better understanding of how our legal system works.
Nigeria does not have any law against apostasy. As a matter of fact the Igbos in the south east are 99.9% Christians, the Yorubas in the south West are over 60% Christians while the north has over 80% Muslim population. The population of Christians in Nigeria (though mostly in the southern rainforest and heavy vegetation close to the Atlantic ocean) is higher than the population of Muslims in the north (sahel and Savannah vegetation, close to sahara desert).
I don’t know where you guys get the information that Nigeria is an Islamic state. It had never been and it will never be. There is no death penalty for apostasy, though in the hausa-fulani dominated north, it will be difficult for Muslims to apostasize because of family threat and Muslims’ mob violence.
There is no law that sanctioned punishment for apostatasy in Nigeria.
Walter Sieruk says
This is a strong reminder that the Christian man, Roger Williams, who was the founder of the state of Rhode Island did have a very good and valid point when he wrote “That religion cannot be true which need such instruments of violence to uphold it. “
DRHazard says
Since Allah is “all-knowing” it apparently makes no difference to him whether someone truly believes in Islam or is just pretending to in order to avoid execution. If you cut out the terrorism, threats, violence, extreme punishments and social ostracizing from Islam there really isn’t much left except for poorly plagiarized Christianity and Judaism. Ever heard of the 5 pillars of Islam? Every one of those pillars is sunk in the concrete of hatred and “other” blaming. It is the most repeated and most central doctrine of Islam; if you’re not Muslim then you deserve death, a penalty that can only be avoided by pretending to be Muslim.
abad says
The most ironic thing being, the Islam-defending left would never set a foot in one of those mentioned Muslim nations.