A 27 year old pregnant Sudanese woman, Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Sudanese court for apostasy, renouncing ones faith or religion, after marrying a Christian man.
Mariam, whose father is Muslim but raised orthodox Christian by her mother, was earlier sentenced to death by hanging on Sunday May 11th but was given till friday 15 May to reconsider her decision and convert back to Islam before the verdict would be enforced. Be that as it may, during a court appearance on friday, Mariam stood hee ground and maintained that she's a Christian and will not convert to Islam.
The AFP reports that Judge Abbas Mohammed Al-Khalifa told the woman that "the court had given her three days to recant but she insists on not returning to Islam and as a result sentences her to death by hanging."
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Khalifa also sentenced Mariam to 100 lashes for "adultery".
“I am a Christian and I never committed apostasy,” she said in court, in defence to the judgement passed by the Sudanese Judge.
Ahmed Bilal Osman, Sudan's information Minister, said such judgement is not only delivered in Sudan but also in other Islamic countries. "It's not only Sudan. In Saudi Arabia, in all the Muslim countries, it is not allowed at all for a Muslim to change his/her religion." he told AFP
The death sentence will reportedly be carried out after Ibrahim gives birth.
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