Today — First International Apostasy Day
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22 August 2020 – First Apostasy Day
22 August 2020 is being established as the first Apostasy Day by an international coalition of ex-Muslim organisations.
Apostasy (ردة or ارتداد) is the abandonment or renunciation of religion. It is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, UAE, and Yemen and a criminal offence in many more Muslim-majority countries. In Pakistan, a disbelief in God is punishable with the death penalty under a blasphemy law. In Saudi Arabia, atheism is equated with terrorism. In some countries without the death penalty, Islamists kill those deemed apostates, including in Bangladesh and Muslim-minority India. In many countries, such as in Europe and North America, apostates can face threats, shunning and honour-based violence, including from their families. Individuals from Orthodox Jewish, Christian, Hindu and other backgrounds can also face shunning and violence for apostasy.
22 August is being chosen as Apostasy Day because it is the UN Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. Moreover, late August marks the start of a second wave of mass executions of apostates in Iran in 1988 after brief “trials”. Thousands who responded negatively to questions such as ‘Are you a Muslim?’, ‘Do you believe in Allah?’, ‘Is the Holy Qur’an the Word of Allah?’, ‘Do you accept the Holy Muhammad to be the Seal of the Prophets?’, ‘Do you fast during Ramadan?’, ‘Do you pray and read the Holy Qur’an?’ were summarily executed.
On the newly established Apostasy Day, we renew calls for the:
- * commemoration of the victims of apostasy laws
- * an end to the criminalisation and the death penalty for apostasy in countries under Islamic laws
- * an end to shunning, threats and honour-related violence from families of apostates
- * affirmation of freedom of thought, conscience and belief as well as opinion and expression in compliance with the United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (Articles 18 & 19).
Apostasy is also a document created by the Vatican in order to leave the Catholic church, the problem is that it must be approved by the Vatican, and in most cases, they do not approve it, there are millions of atheist who were Catholics which are still included in the membership statistic of the catholic church. In that aspect, the Vatican is more permissive than other religion
The Jehovah witness consider an apostate any of their member who leaves their congregation or is expelled by them due to immorality or questioning the prophecy of the governing body, members are not allowed to speak to them even if they are your relatives, they are like enemies of the congregations, therefore, the Muslim and the Hindu are not the only ones who practice those barbaric procedures, they are also practised by the so-called Christians or followers of Jehovah
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