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49 Post author: ThePrussian 26 February 2015 10:36AM

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Comment author: satt 04 March 2015 03:33:31AM 1 point [-]

Let's take one example: 99% of Afghans think that the punishment for apostasy should be death.

That number struck me as surprisingly high, so I went looking for the source and I think it's this. The 99% number is for "Muslims who favor making Islamic law the official law" in Afghanistan. The death-for-apostasy proportion is actually only 79% for pro-sharia Afghan Muslims (which is still 79% too high, but isn't 99%).

Comment author: ThePrussian 04 March 2015 05:12:46AM 1 point [-]

Thanks - you're quite right. That is the study I was thinking of, and 79% is still horrifyingly high - sorry for getting that wrong, and thanks for the correction!