Is apostasy illegal in Jordan?
Criminal offense
Jordan allows apostasy charges in Islamic courts with serious civil consequences like imprisonment and loss of marriage rights.
Jordan is one of 15 countries classified “Criminal offense” for apostasy — 50% of the 30 with data. (Also searched as leaving a religion.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Apostasy in Islam by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Palestine
- Criminal offense Palestine's legal system allows charges for defaming religion, with imprisonment risks for atheists and apostates.
- Iraq
- Criminal offense In Iraq, while the constitution guarantees freedom of thought, a 15-year-old was imprisoned and tortured for declaring himself an atheist, indicating that apostasy can carry serious legal consequences.
- Turkey
- Criminal offense Turkey does not legally punish apostasy but has mechanisms that make it difficult for citizens to be registered as non-Muslim, with laws against insulting religious beliefs.
- Saudi Arabia
- Death penalty possible Saudi Arabia enforces the death penalty for apostasy under Islamic law, with active prosecution and cases such as Hamza Kashgari and Ahmad Al Shamri.
- Kuwait
- Criminal offense Kuwait's family law allows Muslim courts to prosecute apostasy with penalties including annulment of marriage and property confiscation.
- Qatar
- Death penalty possible Apostasy in Qatar is punishable by death under Sharia law, with specific criminalization of proselytizing Muslims to other religions.
Other laws in Jordan
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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