“Islam’s Obsession with Conversions”
"At least 7 Islamic countries apply the death penalty to those who convert from Islam: Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mauritania. But in other states, like Egypt, converts are condemned to prison, not as apostates but for contempt of Islam, as Hossam Bahgat, a member of the Egyptian Initiative for personal rights, explains."
(Read the full story from AsiaNews here. There is also an excellent op-ed piece on this subject in the Washington Times, available here.)