Is blasphemy illegal in Mauritania?
Death penalty possible
Moritania's Penal Code prescribes death penalty for apostasy, a form of blasphemy.
Mauritania is one of 6 countries classified “Death penalty possible” for blasphemy — 11% of the 57 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Blasphemy law
- 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
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Algeria's blasphemy laws carry up to 5 years imprisonment and fines, enforced through retaliatory legislation rather than Sharia.
- Nigeria
- Criminal offense Nigeria criminalizes blasphemy under its Criminal Code and Sharia law in some states.
- Spain
- Criminal offense Spain criminalizes vilification of religious feelings, beliefs, or rituals, with recent prosecutions.
- Malta
- Criminal offense Malta repealed its blasphemy laws in 2016.
- France
- No blasphemy law France abolished blasphemy laws in 1881, though religious insult remains punishable under other provisions.
- Italy
- Fines / civil penalties Italy punishes public blasphemy with fines rather than imprisonment.
Other laws in Mauritania
- Apostasy Laws
- Death penalty possible
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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