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That treatment of Apostasy is a relatively mainstream interpretation. In Saudi Arabia today, the penalty for conversion to other religions is death: http://en.
by tshtf 16y ago
That treatment of Apostasy is a relatively mainstream interpretation. In Saudi Arabia today, the penalty for conversion to other religions is death:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Saudi_Arabia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Saudi_Ar...
The problem is that many practitioners do follow texts to a T, and I believe that's the point of most religious systems.
- eagleal 16y agoYeah, but it's like they don't want to lose followers/members. And the only thing they can do about it is just death penalty, like how did the Catholic Church centuries ago. It's important to note that christian descendant and "allies" control the majority of media. Eg. in Albania there is an estimation of 80/20% of Muslims (majority non practitioners)/Christians, while the government administration 80/20% Christians/Muslims. EDIT: I was talking about worldwide majority, not national or regional.
- eagleal 16y agoYou should know that information control, it's one of the fundamental weapons and control powers a government administration has. Every government knows this, and every government uses it (even though some use it less than others). That's something you should think about. At least the Chinese government stated it publicly, while others mask it as democracy freedom. I talk about governments and politics, but you should count religion in it. Do you think the Catholic Church (eg. the Vatican) doesn't influence decisions of governments? (I know something about this)