Oh yeah, I know. I was just putting the idea out there, because I think it's something to consider. =)TheMuslimAtheist wrote: Leaving the country where you lived for a long time is something difficult on many levels...
It's still pretty bad, IMO, just not as bad. If you can deal with that, though, ok.TheMuslimAtheist wrote:There was a recent study/poll (I can't find the link) in which we ask people if religion and science contradicts each other on certain point which side will you pick. As you can imagine, the majority of people in the muslim world did choose to go with religion but the good news is that 'only' 55% of the polled people chose religion in Morocco. Compare it to over 90% in Yemen for example to understand why it is good news.
Yup! I was just curious.TheMuslimAtheist wrote:Yes, I've heard about Kacem El Ghazzali, he is a moroccan atheist and he got asylum in Switzerland if I remember correctly.
Oh, I see. Well, great.TheMuslimAtheist wrote: As for the apostasy, you're right it's not black and white. And even the so called fatwa you quote has led to heated political debates in Morocco. The fatwa doesn't mean anything on a political or legal level, because religion is used by politics and not the other way around. Technically there is no death penalty for apostasy in the law and freedom of religion is guaranteed by the newest constitution
The police won't protect you in Morocco for being an apostate? Is that just if the crime is inspired from religious hatred, or does is apply to all crimes?TheMuslimAtheist wrote:(Although is is stated that islam is the official religion of the state) and even on a practical level, people don't care what you think or do unless you start publicly proselytizing about it. In this case you will become a target of close minded, violent people and even the law/state can't protect you in that case.
Oh my. =/TheMuslimAtheist wrote: Of course the legal system and/or some angry violent guy will punish you if you publicly show behaviors that are illicit in islam like eating in ramadan (it's not a smart thing to do as you can tell...)