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Thread #89982 Message #1703585
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
27-Mar-06 - 01:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religious law
Subject: RE: BS: Religious law
A question: Does anyone know any other country than a predominantly Muslim coutry with the (theoretical) death penalty (or any other penalty) for apostasy? I did a short search and found none, but it wasn't an exhaustive search.
Without a search, just from memory: St. Stephen (Jerusalem, stoned), Jan Hus (Germany, at the stake), Savonarola and Giordano Bruno (Italy, at the stake), Michael Servet in Geneva (Switzerland, at the stake), all for heresy.