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apostasy

[uh-pos-tuh-see] / əˈpɒs tə si /


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Examples include apostasy laws in some Muslim-majority countries and India’s anticonversion laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Still, I pressed on to see where the author was going with this horticultural apostasy.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

“There are about a dozen countries in the world where apostasy or blasphemy is, at least in theory, subject to the death penalty,” he said.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2022

Compelled to choose between apostasy and exile, many preferred the latter alternative.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson

But the apostasies that appealed to more moderate voters made him a pariah to many within his own party.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

The group is willing to call out apostasies while also offering sufficient positive reinforcement to ensure that it keeps a seat at the table.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2018

Once we accept such dichotomies, we naturally look for the apostasies and hypocrisies of benighted people on the wrong side of the ethical or cognitive tracks but rarely for real understanding.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2015

These apostasies have left his old allies angry and confused.

From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 28, 2012

In all previous apostasies, where members had dared to attack his character or question his authority, they had been summarily silenced, and in most cases driven at once out of the Mormon community.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by William Alexander Linn




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