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Apostasy : Judaic Terms
108 words, approx. 1 pages Rejection of Judaism for another faith. Once Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire, many *Jews were baptized either from fear or from genuine conviction. The Jewish community maintained the distinction between those who became...
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4,182 words, approx. 14 pages APOSTASY is derived from the Greek apostasia, a secondary form of apostasis, originally denoting insurrection or secession (Acts 5:37). In the sense of "rebellion against God" it had already been used in the Septuagint (Jos. 22:22). The...
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6,979 words, approx. 23 pages
 Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt, from απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing") is a term generally employed to describe the formal abandonment or renunciation of one's religion, especially if...



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 See also main article in Wikipedia: Apostasy Apostasy in New Religious Movements "The apostate is generally in need of self-justification. He seeks to reconstruct his own past, to excuse his former affiliations, and to blame those who were formerly his...




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 Southeast Asian Affairs
The Apostasy Bill
01/01/2001: 521 words, approx. 2 pages Much as the UMNO government was keen to attribute the over-zealousness of Islamization to PAS's so-called extremism, it was not able to prevent contests over what should constitute legitimate Islam, even within the milieu of the party itself. In April, the state government of...
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 Human Events
Demanding Death for Apostasy
10/30/2006: 727 words, approx. 2 pages An Afghan citizen named Abdul Rahman, you may recall, made international news last spring when his conversion from Islam to Christianity led to his arrest, with the intention of putting him on trial for apostasy. At that time he was spirited away to safety...
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 The New York Observer
Trita Parsi: Rising Anti-Neocon Star
6/7/2006: 255 words, approx. 1 pages BBC News last night featured an interview about Iran with a highly-presentable young specialist at Hopkins, Trita Parsi. The interview was startling to me for a word that Parsi used. Now that the neocon moment seems at last to be over, and the U.S. is...
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Christian convert fights Malaysian law
5/27/2007: 1,056 words, approx. 4 pages Lina Joy has been disowned by her family, shunned by friends and forced into hiding _ all because she renounced Islam and embraced Christianity in Muslim-majority Malaysia.Now, after a seven-year legal struggle, Malaysia's highest court will decide on Wednesday whether her constitutional right to choose...


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