Policy Exchange report found in a 2007 study of BRITISH MUSLIMS:

36% of 16-24 year old British Muslims “believe if a Muslim converts to another religion they should be punished by death, compared to 19% of 55+ year olds.”

Believing that one should be punished by death for changing religions is troubling enough, but the fact is this sort of appalling thing actually happens:

Saudi man kills daughter for converting to Christianity

Riyadh: A Saudi man working with the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice recently killed his daughter for converting to Christianity.

According to sources close to the victim, the religious police member had cut the tongue of the girl and burned her to death following a heated debate on religion

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Thanks to Samuel Skinner for alerting me to this story in a comment.

If anyone still harbors any doubt about whether or not religion should be criticized, this news story alone should be sufficient.

To learn more about how apostasy fits into Islam, check out this excellent resource.