apostasy

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

He is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State that is leading an 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

She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Markyate was unvisited between 1433 and 1442, in spite of the deprivation of the prioress for immorality and the apostasy of one of the nuns in 1433.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

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

And in the contemplation of sins and apostasies, let us each look humbly at our own weakness, and pray Him to keep us from our brother's evils which may easily become ours.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren