I agree to the phenomenon u quoted will bring about a change when choice of religion is not controlled by state.But Dear at the same time i must tell you there is no concept of state in ISLAM as they exists in Gulf!!! The countries like Iran , Saudia , Bahrain , Qatar , UAE were not developed by Islamic rule rather these countries have come into existence in last 100 years after the collapse of european Imperialism. The above fact is relevant to the answer in a larger context hence i mentioned it... Now coming to y a death penalty in muslim states ..I wonder if there is such a thing like Death penalty in Islam when it doesnt promotes the concept of State then how can it promote the concept of death penalty to converters...the Quran says where clearly there is no compulsion in religion .However religion has always been used by empires from time immemorial there were empires who preferred to embrace a religion for there benefits...as the Byzantines , Romans Empires- are Christians , Ummeyed , Safavid , Ottoman -are muslims and similarly Maurya and some other kingdoms in prehistoric India were Hindu empires.... Well in the last I hope I am able to make a point that the mixing of religion with empires have given birth to such rules "Death Penalty" to converters.... I dont want to quote too religiously however there were many people during the early start of ISLAM(hazrat Muhammeds period) where in people would embraceIslam&thenleave it,but there are no records of death penalty fro
