Edited sentence: Additionally, theft is punishable by amputation in Shari'ah, while apostasy (renunciation of a religious belief) is punishable by death.The United Nations has called the laws "cruel, inhuman and degrading" and a “serious setback” for human rights protection.The application of Shari'ah has sparked fear in the region's LGBT community, as stoning and whippings for being gay, lesbian, or bisexual are de facto legal under the proposed system