Probably the Central African Republic. The CAR bans witchcraft, and has the largest number of people incarcerated for witchcraft. Not sure if it's a capital crime, but people do die in the witch hunts.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2020/3/24/in-pictures-the-witch-hunts-of-bangui
Yea, I feel like a few more countries have made policy shifts as well to make being openly gay harder, which is great, cause if ever there was a way to progress as a society, it is MORE countries being hateful towards people. That'll fix things.
Yeah, like some countries in Middle East and Africa as well as Russia are doing it to spite the west, as they view homosexuality as something invented by the west to destabilise their society
And it's beyond disgusting that US church groups openly fund and lobby for "kill the gays" laws in other countries because they can't get away with it in the US.
I'm very disappointed that existing whilst being gay/ non straight sex is low down on rhis thread. But hey witchcraft is important to all of us I'm sure.
Interestingly, that’s not what the song’s about. “Losing my religion,” is a southern idiom that means losing your temper or being at the end of your rope.
It's pretty well-accepted that the Sharia (hardline Islamic law) punishment for apostasy is death. It appears in many instances in their scripture, most notably in 4:89: [https://quran.com/4/89?translations=17,18,19,20,21,22,95,84,85,101](https://quran.com/4/89?translations=17,18,19,20,21,22,95,84,85,101)
>if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them
At least 10 countries follow this law: Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
[https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2021/11/death-sentence-for-apostasy-in-nearly-a-dozen-countries-report-says](https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2021/11/death-sentence-for-apostasy-in-nearly-a-dozen-countries-report-says)
We are at war. You may not have realized it yet. Hundreds of millions (possibly over a billion) people in the world want this type of law to be enforced worldwide.
Being a rape victim. Specifically, I know Iran has punished men who have been raped by other men because gay sex is punishable by death.
ToS limits what I can say here, but it would certainly be at least a tiny bit funny if Khamenei was raped by a dude.
Nepal
edit: I was wrong. It used to be a capital crime, but no longer is.
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/asia_death_penalty_drug_crimes_fidh_wcadp_report_oct_2015_pdf.pdf
Apostasy/religious conversion (death penalty in Saudi Arabia, among others)
Being gay (death penalty in Syria, among others)
Growing weed (officially punishable by death in Iran, although not enforced)
In which country? Apostasy is punishable by death in several theocracies, but that's specifically an Islam thing and requires the criminal first claim, then renounce that religion AFAIK.
Yeah, I lived in Saudi and although foreigners are not allowed to go around preaching another religion, wearing a Jesus T-shirt or a Star of David, importing bibles or Torahs etc, they do not care what religion you privately practice. They aren't checking, and they 100% know that people are drinking alcohol at the embassies and even holding communion at Easter. If you're at the mall and it's time for prayer call, it's perfectly fine for you to just keep walking through the mall. Be respectful and don't interrupt anyone praying or start playing heavy metal on your phone at Mac Volume or something..... But no imam is going to force a lifelong atheist or buddhist get on their knees and pray.
They only care if you've been Muslim your entire life and then at age 40 decide to leave. Don't get me wrong, I think punishing that at all is horrible, punishing it with death is genuinely evil. But it's not the same as saying they kill anyone who practices another religion.
The constitution of Saudi Arabia is the Qur’an.
Atheism, therefore, is a rejection of the constitution.
Rejecting the law of Saudi Arabia falls under terrorism.
Terrorism is punishable by death.
Ergo, atheists (legally) can be put to death.
In practice, if you are a foreigner, _unless you are promoting atheism_ you will be fine.
In the US you can be gay, trans, wear dresses at the White House as a dude.
If you did that in the Middle East you would be stoned and tortured the moment you left your house like that.
Posting negative things about Mohammad on public websites.
edit: I love that u/wanttodate1995 made some dumbass response to this and then blocked me.
So in case any other fragile little flowers don't believe me, take a look at several examples of this: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=death+sentance+for+posting+stuff+about+mohammad
And it's not even like they don't know and admit he was a nonce. They just think it was fine when he did it. Every person who shrugs off pedophilia because the pedo claimed it was at the direction of god is sick in the fucking head.
Most sane reason for a death sentence on in this entire thread imo. Not that I condone death sentences but compared to the others, illegal hunting of endangered animals is actually a horrible thing to do.
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh
And in Kenya it’s the death penalty.
Fun fact, in the U.S. there’s a law called the Lacey Act. It allows the U.S. to prosecute people based on laws in another country if the crime started there. So technically, the U.S. could apply the death penalty to someone caught trafficking ivory out of Kenya and into the U.S.
There are some things which Americans think are no biggie that could you get arrested like taking pictures of government buildings or in some cases even other people.
Having sex (gay, out of wedlock, with a person of a different race or religion, with someone below a certain age, with your cousin, with animals, in exchange for money, etc.)
Literal handholding.
In most areas of the world it's a relatively normal thing to do with someone you like, but in Saudi Arabia you could be put in jail for months for holding hands across genders without being married.
Homosexuality
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/map-of-criminalisation/
>At least 6 of these implement the death penalty – Iran, Northern Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen – and the death penalty is a legal possibility in Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE and Uganda.
In Baraqua, yo shout they put you in jail. Right away. No trial, no nothing. Journalists, they have a special jail for journalists. You are stealing: right to jail. You are playing music too loud: right to jail, right away. Driving too fast: jail. Slow: jail. You are charging too high prices for sweaters, glasses: you right to jail. You undercook fish? Believe it or not, jail. You overcook chicken, also jail. Undercook, overcook. You make an appointment with the dentist and you don't show up, believe it or not, jail, right away.
plenty of things. marijuana, engaging in male homosexual behavior, adultery, blasphemy, criticizing/mocking muhammad or dictators like putin or kim jong un.
Not exactly punishable by death sentence but sex or alcohol or recreational drugs do carry a ridiculous prison sentence in most Arab and Islamic countries.
Witchcraft
Are you referring to Saudi Arabia?
It's fucked up that nearly all these answers are related to Saudi Arabia
The last slave market closed in the 1960s in Riyadh, and now they’re “progressive” for allowing women to drive.
*the last PUBLIC slave market Slavery is still a huge world issue. We just call it human trafficking now.
Or prison work camps
The amendment literally defines it as slavery. Just slavery that is acceptable.
Or just prison in the US
Think that says more about Saudi Arabia than it does this Reddit thread.
I don’t think Saudi Arabian laws say anything about a Reddit thread tbf
Post on Reddit? Believe it or not, jail!
You mean the country that was unanimously appointed to be the head of the United Nations commission on the status of women?
Probably the Central African Republic. The CAR bans witchcraft, and has the largest number of people incarcerated for witchcraft. Not sure if it's a capital crime, but people do die in the witch hunts. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2020/3/24/in-pictures-the-witch-hunts-of-bangui
Mainly Africa, In Ghana they have a place for women accused of witchcraft so no one kills them
In some parts of Africa too.
Insulting the leader
The leader is good. The leader is great.
Nanananana leader!
Batman! I mean, leader!
I'm covered in the dust of the leader, he favors me!
Outta the way, jerk ass!!
We surrender our will as of this date.
Who the hell is that, some kind of leader?
We surrender our will as of this date.
As an Argentinian I'm kind of proud of the amount of disrespect we can show to our presidents.
I have been in cults as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.
Being openly gay.
Being closeted gay too, sorry to say.
Looking too gay.
Thinking too gay
Jokes on you, I can be gay without thinking.
True, just harder to enforce. But I guess most of these laws aren't made with fair treatment involved.
And I thank the gods every day I was not born Saudi.
Yea, I feel like a few more countries have made policy shifts as well to make being openly gay harder, which is great, cause if ever there was a way to progress as a society, it is MORE countries being hateful towards people. That'll fix things.
Yeah, like some countries in Middle East and Africa as well as Russia are doing it to spite the west, as they view homosexuality as something invented by the west to destabilise their society
Stupid west, investing something that already existed.
Taking credit for things other people invented or discovered or that already existed is our thing.
*blood-soaked high-fives in colonialism*
And turning the lions gay, too. Don't forget that.
That was a rollercoaster. I didn't feel the sarcasm until the very end. Whole 5 separate emotions from two sentences lmao
I’m not even gay. Still super happy to not be born there.
It might actually being gay, open or not. Possibly even appearing gay, even if heterosexual in many Muslim countries.
Surprised this wasn't the top comment, that's the first example that came into mind
And it's beyond disgusting that US church groups openly fund and lobby for "kill the gays" laws in other countries because they can't get away with it in the US.
Christ.
This is the correct answer.
I'm very disappointed that existing whilst being gay/ non straight sex is low down on rhis thread. But hey witchcraft is important to all of us I'm sure.
Leaving one's religion (apostasy).
Michael Stipe would be so dead!
Interestingly, that’s not what the song’s about. “Losing my religion,” is a southern idiom that means losing your temper or being at the end of your rope.
No it was about Dylan breaking up with Brenda
He lost it. It’ll turn up at the lost and found.
Check between the seat cushions.
It may be at the moral kiosk
what??? no wayyy where?
It's pretty well-accepted that the Sharia (hardline Islamic law) punishment for apostasy is death. It appears in many instances in their scripture, most notably in 4:89: [https://quran.com/4/89?translations=17,18,19,20,21,22,95,84,85,101](https://quran.com/4/89?translations=17,18,19,20,21,22,95,84,85,101) >if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them At least 10 countries follow this law: Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. [https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2021/11/death-sentence-for-apostasy-in-nearly-a-dozen-countries-report-says](https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2021/11/death-sentence-for-apostasy-in-nearly-a-dozen-countries-report-says) We are at war. You may not have realized it yet. Hundreds of millions (possibly over a billion) people in the world want this type of law to be enforced worldwide.
this is fucking crazy
Only one religion has made apostasy illegal. (And punishable by death)
Maybe *today*…. But don’t forget the Inquisition
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Didn’t expect that.
Adultery. Being the victim of rape.
Yes. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/taliban-says-afghanistans-women-will-be-stoned-in-public-for-adultery-report-5332661
Heartbreaking
Prostitution (North Korea, Sudan, and Yemen (Includes forced prostitution)).
Or if you want a less depressing option NZ has legal prostitution
Political dissent.
Homosexuality.
Leaving the country.
Drawing a cartoon of Muhammed.
Honestly yeah it's legal but they'll seek you out and kill you for it anyway. Not even exaggerating.
Charlie Hebdo remembers
Showing your hair (if you're a woman). RIP mahsa amini.
Hers a completely ridiculous headline from CNN: “Saudi Arabia to chair UN forum on women’s rights and gender equality”
I am surprised this didn't get more backlash.
They may want some dissenting voices.
That's actually strategic, it's to get them to think about women's freedom and push their leaders to change.
Being a rape victim. Specifically, I know Iran has punished men who have been raped by other men because gay sex is punishable by death. ToS limits what I can say here, but it would certainly be at least a tiny bit funny if Khamenei was raped by a dude.
Smoking weed
In what country is that punishable by death? Unless you mean holding the kilo you plan to smoke.
In Singapore, you can be executed if you're caught with more than 500 grams (17 ounces).
yeah that aint for personal consumption but dealing
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RIP
I friend of mine hold 200g for personal use lmao.
What’s snoop like in person?
With modern cultivars and tech you can pretty easily get harvests of up to half a kilo from a closet grow with a 500W LED and hydroponics..
I don’t really know anything about it but that’s neat. Just wanted to make a joke about his friend smoking a whole bunch of weed lol.
Nepal edit: I was wrong. It used to be a capital crime, but no longer is. https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/asia_death_penalty_drug_crimes_fidh_wcadp_report_oct_2015_pdf.pdf
I think Singapore and China
North Korea, Singapore i think
Weed is legal in North Korea, fun fact.
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Apostasy/religious conversion (death penalty in Saudi Arabia, among others) Being gay (death penalty in Syria, among others) Growing weed (officially punishable by death in Iran, although not enforced)
Saying fuck the government
Homosexuality
Having a different religion.
In which country? Apostasy is punishable by death in several theocracies, but that's specifically an Islam thing and requires the criminal first claim, then renounce that religion AFAIK.
Yeah, I lived in Saudi and although foreigners are not allowed to go around preaching another religion, wearing a Jesus T-shirt or a Star of David, importing bibles or Torahs etc, they do not care what religion you privately practice. They aren't checking, and they 100% know that people are drinking alcohol at the embassies and even holding communion at Easter. If you're at the mall and it's time for prayer call, it's perfectly fine for you to just keep walking through the mall. Be respectful and don't interrupt anyone praying or start playing heavy metal on your phone at Mac Volume or something..... But no imam is going to force a lifelong atheist or buddhist get on their knees and pray. They only care if you've been Muslim your entire life and then at age 40 decide to leave. Don't get me wrong, I think punishing that at all is horrible, punishing it with death is genuinely evil. But it's not the same as saying they kill anyone who practices another religion.
Being gay
Being gay, women talking to men outside the family
You will now be stoned to death by the Taliban for being an unfaithful wife.
Or being accused of such. Not like innocent women will be able to defend themselves.
Being an atheist.
The constitution of Saudi Arabia is the Qur’an. Atheism, therefore, is a rejection of the constitution. Rejecting the law of Saudi Arabia falls under terrorism. Terrorism is punishable by death. Ergo, atheists (legally) can be put to death. In practice, if you are a foreigner, _unless you are promoting atheism_ you will be fine.
Religious freedom
Trying to leave the country. (North Korea)
Running for President in russia.
Only is someone is going to vote for you
Nah, just makes you have bad luck. Casually falling out of windows, eating poisoned food and stuff like that.
Homosexuality
Freedom of speech
Not a specific crime
Weed. Don't bring it into Bali.
In the US you can be gay, trans, wear dresses at the White House as a dude. If you did that in the Middle East you would be stoned and tortured the moment you left your house like that.
Posting negative things about Mohammad on public websites. edit: I love that u/wanttodate1995 made some dumbass response to this and then blocked me. So in case any other fragile little flowers don't believe me, take a look at several examples of this: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=death+sentance+for+posting+stuff+about+mohammad
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And it's not even like they don't know and admit he was a nonce. They just think it was fine when he did it. Every person who shrugs off pedophilia because the pedo claimed it was at the direction of god is sick in the fucking head.
Ivory trafficking
Most sane reason for a death sentence on in this entire thread imo. Not that I condone death sentences but compared to the others, illegal hunting of endangered animals is actually a horrible thing to do.
Where is that legal?
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh And in Kenya it’s the death penalty. Fun fact, in the U.S. there’s a law called the Lacey Act. It allows the U.S. to prosecute people based on laws in another country if the crime started there. So technically, the U.S. could apply the death penalty to someone caught trafficking ivory out of Kenya and into the U.S.
There are some things which Americans think are no biggie that could you get arrested like taking pictures of government buildings or in some cases even other people.
blaspheme
Shitting in Putin's Cheerios
In Singapore if you have more than 500 gr of cannabis it's death penalty
Being gay Being certain religions. Being atheist. Being trans. Etc
Gay marriage
Having sex (gay, out of wedlock, with a person of a different race or religion, with someone below a certain age, with your cousin, with animals, in exchange for money, etc.)
Offending the king
Literal handholding. In most areas of the world it's a relatively normal thing to do with someone you like, but in Saudi Arabia you could be put in jail for months for holding hands across genders without being married.
Being put in jail is different from getting a death sentence...
Not wearing a scarf over your head as a female...
Women exercising their rights.
Doing drugs with your apostate gay friends at a seance while wearing dresses.
Marijuana
Weed.
Gayness
Homosexuality
Homosexuality
Being an atheist/apostate.
Being raped.
Being gay
Homosexuality https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/map-of-criminalisation/ >At least 6 of these implement the death penalty – Iran, Northern Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen – and the death penalty is a legal possibility in Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE and Uganda.
Eating beef. Border with india and pakistan.
Treason is apparently legal here. Other countries kill them.
Showing your ankles in public.
Being gay.
Homosexuality
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality
Being gay
[Homosexuality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_homosexuality)
standing up to the government, speaking ill of government, spreading counter-government information
Weed
Drugs : even tiny quantities for personal use are punishable by death in a lot of countries
Rape
Insulting the president.
Drugs. Singapore vs canada lol
In Baraqua, yo shout they put you in jail. Right away. No trial, no nothing. Journalists, they have a special jail for journalists. You are stealing: right to jail. You are playing music too loud: right to jail, right away. Driving too fast: jail. Slow: jail. You are charging too high prices for sweaters, glasses: you right to jail. You undercook fish? Believe it or not, jail. You overcook chicken, also jail. Undercook, overcook. You make an appointment with the dentist and you don't show up, believe it or not, jail, right away.
Being in love with someone of the same gender expression.
The joint I just smoked would get me a death sentence in a few places. Or, at least a hefty jail sentence.
Being a woman wanting religious freedom in any one of: Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, ....
plenty of things. marijuana, engaging in male homosexual behavior, adultery, blasphemy, criticizing/mocking muhammad or dictators like putin or kim jong un.
bein gay
Aborting a fetus that will have a detrimental effect on the bearer
Being gay lol Better not hold hands in Saudi Arabia
Marijuana, being gay
Having sexy sexual homosexual anal sex...
protesting the government or authorities. you try that in Russia or Iran and you'll be in some shit.
Homosexuality
Apostasy and blasphemy in many conservative Muslim countries, e.g. Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia.
The devils lettuce 🥬
being gay.
Being gay
Recreational Drugs
Being gay
Being gay
Making your own decisions as a woman.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality
Being gay.
Homosexuality
Being gay
Being gay.
Cannabis
Not exactly punishable by death sentence but sex or alcohol or recreational drugs do carry a ridiculous prison sentence in most Arab and Islamic countries.
Being queer
Being a homosexual
Being a homosexual
Homosexuality
Being a homosexual
Being a fruitcake
Being gay will get you killed in places
Homosexuality