The Arabist 2017
Journal: repository of the Library and Information Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (REAL-J)
Year: 2017

Apostasy in Islamic lawara law, according to the interpretations of the legal schools, condemns an apostate to death. 1 Egyptian state law, however, does not recognise such legislation (Berger 2005:90ff).But even classical Islamic law has never applied it rigidly, giving the accused time to convert and profess himself/herself a Muslim again.Traditionally, this command was only relevant when a Muslim publicly stated that he/she did not believe in God and the Prophet Muammad and did no longer cons