>"...I don't have a Moslem background so I can't keep track of what can or can't be considered apostasy."<
Aye, and there's the rub! even reading different verses from the Qur'an may confuse that issue. Which verses to trust? The ones which say to kill the Jews and the Christians everywhere you find them, and show them no mercy because they are infidels doomed to hell, or those occasional verses which advocate a little dose of mercy?
Which verses take precedence? If history is any guide, the answer to such a question lies in what is convenient, safe, and practical for the muslim to implement in the moment. If history is no guide, then we're all screwed; there is no way to tell until we are outnumbered, outgunned, or dead, and it is too late.
A.A.C.