Turkish government will allow Muslims to convert
If true, this is a step in the right direction.
Ankara, Apr. 15, 2008 (CWNews.com) – Turkey’s Office of Religious Affairs has announced that Muslims may forsake Islam for another religion.
The decision sets up a conflict between Turkey’s government, which asserts a strong secular identity, and the Islamic religion, which teaches that apostasy, is punishable by death.
The Turkish government has been trying to achieve a delicate balance between the demands for greater religious freedom– especially in light of the country’s application for membership in the European Union– and the rising sympathy for militant Islam among the country’s people.
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