In Mauritania, leaving Islam or criticizing it is not a matter of personal conscience, it is a capital crime. Under Article 306 of the Penal Code, any Muslim who abandons the faith, or who “ridicules or insults” Allah, the Prophet, or Islamic teachings, faces a mandatory death sentence. Since a 2018 amendment stripped away the … Continue reading Mauritania Has one of the Harshest Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws in the World