Morocco’s High Religious Committee Says Apostates Should Not Be Killed

  • 09/02/2017
  • Ezzoubeir Jabrane

moroccoworldnews.com   (2.06.2017)

 

Morocco’s High Religious Committee has retracted its Islamic ruling stating that apostasy is punishable by death and has decided to permit Muslims to change their religion.

The High Religious Committee in charge of issuing Fatwas (Islamic rulings) released a book in 2012 where it articulated its position on apostasy and argued that a Muslim who changes his or her religion should be punished with death, drawing on a widespread jurisprudence tradition.

 

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