It is the same for apostasy.

Every time they are sent back to temptation, they yield thereto.

But whenever they are tempted into civil discord, they plunge into it.

So often as they are returned to hostility they are plunged therein.

Whenever they are called back to sedition, they plunge into it.

Every time they are returned to the influence of disbelief, they fall back into it.

Their apostasy from the Church was conjoined with plans to rebel against the Nephite government.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

This is Mauritania's first death sentence for apostasy since independence in 1960.

You will find others desiring to be secure from you, and secure from their people, yet whenever they are returned to temptation, they are overthrown in it.

Surely ye will find others desiring, that they may be secure from you and may be secure from their people and yet so oft as they are brought back into the temptation, they revert thereto.

You will also find others who wish to be secure from you, and secure from their people, but who, whenever they have any opportunity to cause mischief, plunge into it headlong.

You will find others desiring to be secure from you, and secure from their own people yet whenever they are called back to polytheism, they relapse into it.

You will soon find others who seek security from you as well as from their own people, but when they are invited to return to idol worship, they do so enthusiastically.

You will find others who wish to be safe from you, and from their own people, yet whenever they find an opportunity of inflicting harm, they plunge into it.

The strange thing about laws against apostasy and blasphemy is that most of the people who fall foul of them are neither apostates nor intentional blasphemers.

Politicians also joined in, calling out Takfiris, who are Muslims who accuses other Muslim sects or followers of other Abrahamic faiths of apostasy

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

At a time when people can be killed because they discuss atheism in Bangladesh, when one can face criminal charges in many countries for blasphemy and apostasy, the very possibility of having debates about faith is a blessing.

You will now find others who desire that they should be safe from you and also safe from their own people whenever their people turn them towards war, they fall headlong into it so if they do not avoid (confronting) you nor submit an offer of peace nor restrain their hands, seize them and kill them wherever you find them and they are the ones against whom We have given you clear authority.

You will find others who desire that they should be safe from you and secure from their own people as often as they are sent back to the mischief they get thrown into it headlong therefore if they do not withdraw from you, and (do not) offer you peace and restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and against these We have given you a clear authority.

Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as that of their people Every time they are sent back to temptation, they succumb thereto if they withdraw not from you nor give you (guarantees) of peace besides restraining their hands, seize them and slay them wherever ye get them In their case We have provided you with a clear argument against them.

Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

is merely an attempt to muzzle anyone who questions a system based on oppression by using religion as an instrument, tweeted Mauritanian anti slavery and racism activist Saidou Wane.

It seems clear in the Quran that apostasy and blasphemy do not require punishments such as the death penalty or lashing yet authorities in countries like Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to do the opposite.

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

The 28 year old man appears to be yet another victim of a repressive government in a majority Muslim country that deploys apostasy and blasphemy pretexts to crack down on those who call for reforms or speak out on political issues.

In Tunisia, which does not have laws that criminalize blasphemy or apostasy, Internet users Jabeur Mejri and Ghazi Beji were sentenced in 2012 to seven and half years in prison over the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons on the web.