Former Muslims threatened or killed for converting to another religion?

I believe it is called being an apostate. It is considered an act of ultimate betrayal in the more fundamental ends of islam. Our own president is actually considered an apostate by extreme groups (not that I give a rats asss what they think of our president. They consider him this because to them, being born of a muslum father automaticly makes one muslum, and since he chooses to attend a christian church, he is considered by these groups as an apostate. This is at least as I understand it.

I am a follower of Islam. And I know nothing of it. In fact I'm tired of having people compare me as a terrorist. Islam and terror are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. However, as your question has nothing to do with that, I have to tell you that you post is news to me. I've heard nothing of this friend.

Apostasy in Islam is a major sin and traditionally warranted execution unless the person was mentally ill. By the 20th century, the execution of apostates was no longer practiced in most Muslim countries, but it does still happen in a few. It depends largely on what country you are in. But although there is no crime associated with it in some countries, anyone converting is often in danger from family members or other persons. Recently in the news there was a story of a teen girl who ran away from home in Ohio because she converted from Islam and she feared being killed. She said her family threatened to kill her, they say they didn't. Although the jurisdiction she was found in, Florida, has no emancipation statute, the judge has stayed her return to her family. I know it isn't supposed to be politically correct to mention honor killing, but it happens and cannot be denied. What is written in law and what happens in reality are often two different things. Two teen girls were killed by their father for just dressing in western fashions and wearing makeup, how hard is it to believe that a teen girl who denied Islam might fear a similar fate from strict muslim parents who feel her actions dishonor them?

Evangelizing is absolutely illegal in all Muslim countries that I am aware of, even more liberal ones (such as Morocco). If you are caught evangelizing in a Muslim country, you will most likely be arrested. As for converting to another religion, it is surely a shame to the entire family. But can you blame them? Just think if the roles were reversed, if you grew up in a strong Christian family and then decided to convert to Islam. It's really not so different. More radical Muslims may threaten to kill those who abandoned Islam and I'm sure some would actually go through with it, but that's really not the norm.

In my country, in Indonesia, converting can be a big problem. I am not a muslim, i am a christian. But i know some fact here. A prominent person who got into christianity will be threatened by their own friends. I don't know what is the meaning of 'friends' here. People who stands for islamic religion here are too many. So in the community it can be a threat and awkward. The uncomfortable thing in the society is causing the bad things happens. People here, in my own outlook, are not ready for a renewal, though it's going to a better way, by choosing our God, Jesus Christ. For the young generation, i had heard a youngster got this story from her parent based on their myth : if you get in to the christianity, you will die. So i asked ' why die? ' She answered me, 'It only happens. I don't know why.' So i think this society - without trying to embarrass my country - is making their own story to scare their descendants to not follow what their ancestors taught them. It's relating to the belief had rooted from generation to generation, so it's hard.