Punishment Of Apostasy Offence Under The Egyptian And Algerian Penal Codes, An Evaluative Study From An Islamic Viewpoint

Abstract

Algerian Criminal laws in the light of Islamic Law (Shari'a). The study used the descriptive methodology to reach the targets in question. To gather the required data, a review of literature was administered. The study came to the conclusions that: first. Islamic Law (Shari'a) criminalizes apostasy and imposes death penalty for apostasy crime; second, the Egyptian and Algerian Criminal law neither criminalize apostasy nor impose a penalty for the convicted of apostasy offence and this contradicts with what Islamic Law (Shari'a) necessitates. The study recommended that the Egyptian and the Algerian Criminal law ought to criminalize apostasy and adopt death penalty for apostasy crime in response to what Islamic Law (Shari'a) requires.