You said, “If a Muslim turns his back on his faith, that person is to be killed as an apostate. The Koran is very explicit on this point and a state that attempts to prohibit this practice interferes in the fundamental right to practice religion.” This is astounding. People don’t have a fundamental right to kill others if they don’t like the fact that those others are leaving Islam. People only have a fundamental right to practice religion so long as their religious practices do not interfere with the rights of others. For the same reason, a state has the right to “interfere” with someone whose religion requires human sacrifice to an idol, or ritualistic canabalism. There is no legitimate religious practice that involves killing people, period.