apostasy

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Later that year, a judge recommended that he also be tried for apostasy, which carries the death penalty, because Mr Badawi had refused to "repent to God".

From BBC

On policy, Duncan commits fresh apostasies from GOP orthodoxy in the book, saying he can no longer support the death penalty as consistent with his opposition to abortion.

From Washington Times

Some Latter-day Saints have accused those who promote anti-vaccine rhetoric of apostasy, a term that is associated with wickedness and describes when individuals turn away from church principles.

From Seattle Times

He’s changed his positions so often he’s become the Madonna of politics, the Prince of contradiction, the Oprah of apostasy.

From Washington Post

He added that “Taliban ideology is much more fundamentalist and extreme” on the question of what the Islamists view as “apostasy” from the nation’s official faith.

From Washington Times