>>>>I wasn't aware that insulting the Pope can result in a prison sentence for up to 5 years...
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>>>>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4732048.ece
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>>>Why not. Insulting Mohammad can get you executed, so whats a few years. ;)
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>>Being non-islamic qualifies for death. Being the 'wrong' version of islamic apparently qualifies for death in some Islamic factions.
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>As far as I know, it is the act of apostasy that is punished by death in some countries. In other words, not "being non-islamic", but changing your religion once you have already seen the truth, so to speak.
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>In Iran, Bahá'ís have received the death penalty for a. apostasy (they were muslims before), and b. for converting others, away from the "true faith".
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>Other countries have their share of problems too. For example, in Egypt, to get an ID card, you need to specify your religion. Only three religions are "recognized" by the government: Christian, Muslim, Jew. Anybody else will either have to give false information about his religion... or abstain from getting an identification. As far as I know, this has especially been a problem for Bahá'ís, so far, but in theory it can cause problems to followers of Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, among others... and of course atheists.

The Koran says that Islam is to become the one world religion, and basically give an open hand in accomplishing that.