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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

Longstreet’s prominence made his apostasy an especially dangerous threat.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2023

Among them is Lin Pao Rafetta, who is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State, which has led the apostasy movement.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 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

After a short apostasy, during which he supported Henry Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia, Conrad returned to the side of the Hohenstaufen and aided Conrad IV.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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

Solferino and San Martino may sometimes redeem Novara and Waterloo, but the apostasies of princes are always irreparable.

From The Liberation of Italy by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco




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