I haven ' t been here that long so I ' m saying the meme is now crap old and why isn ' t it dead yet . <| sep |> Schnucks is only good for its liquor and bakery ! But seriously , ive only ever seen so much selection in a liquor store . <| sep |> I can confirm , with the sole exception of the Holy See i . e . the Vatican , apostasy is only illegal in Muslim countries . That said , it is largely a useless law . The major schools of sharia law all call for the death penalty , although this penalty is seldom used in reality . Where death sentences have been passed , they have generally been commuted to lesser punishments . So , proving that these people are apostates appears to come down to their public statements about their conversions being presented in court . In practice , yes . In principle , however , apostasy can only be proven by confession . One of the reasons why there are so few apostasy convictions in Islam is because apostasy is practically impossible to prove without a confession .