Good News: No Death Penalty for Muslim Apostates
Bad News: Torturing of Converts Continues Uninterupted

UPDATE 7/24: Did I say there was a caveat, or what? He's now denying it:

"What I actually said is that Islam prohibits a Muslim from changing his religion and that apostasy is a crime, which must be punished," Goma'a said.

Maybe someone needs to break the sad news to Ali Eteraz?------ Wow, it's the 21st century and Egypt's Grand Mufti now says the Muslims are free to leave the faith without fear of the death penalty. Mostly. Notice the caveat. There's always a caveat. AFP via Dean's World:

Egypt's official religious advisor has ruled that Muslims are free to change their faith as it is a matter between an individual and God, in a move which could have far-reaching implications for the country's Christians....

In most Muslim countries, Muslims who convert to another religion are considered apostates and can be subject to capital punishment....

Mr Gomaa warned however that if the conversions undermine the "foundations of society" then it must be dealt with by the judicial system, without elaborating.

Good news, kinda. Meanwhile, I guess the Egyptian police didn't get the memo:

Eyewitnesses said family members of Shaymaa (Eman) Muhammad al-Sayed, 26, today dragged her screaming from the police station where she had been closeted. According to the eyewitnesses outside Alexandria’s Bab-Sharky police station, Al-Sayed’s relatives severely beat her in the Shatby Cemetery behind the police station at 4 p.m.....

One week ago, on July 16, these same family members openly threatened to kill Al-Sayed for leaving Islam to become a Christian, after spotting her walking through a fair in Alexandria.

Local police promptly took her into “protective custody,” allegedly to prevent her physical harm at the hands of her irate Muslim relatives.

But instead of protecting her, local police and State Security Investigation (SSI) officials have subjected the threatened woman to days of severe physical and emotional torture. Her maltreatment included electrical shocks, beatings and being photographed naked.

Her repeated requests to press charges against her family for attempting to kidnap and kill her were ignored.

Via Dhimmi Watch.

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