The wedding photo that helped sentenced Meriam Yahia Ibrahim to death
Sudan operates under Shari'ah (Islamic) law. It is ranked 11th on Open Doors list of the most heavily persecuted areas for Christians in the world.
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim is a 27 year old medical doctor and an expecting mother of two. She was born to a Muslim dad and a Christian mother. Her father left when she was barely 6 and she was raised by her Christian mother. The Sudan government does not recognize marriages of it's citizens to non Muslims, as a result Mrs Ibrahim was charged with adultery after it was discovered that she was married to a Southern Sudanese Christian man. Though Mrs Ibrahim has been a Christian since childhood, she was also charged with apostasy by the government since it considers all natives of the Country to be Muslims.
More than 50 people gathered outside the court where sentence was being passed on Ibrahim
according to Open Doors, many Sudanese Christians fled to Southern Sudan when the Country became independent in 2011.
The United States called on Sudan to respect the religion freedom guaranteed in it's own constitution
Sudan government is made up of radical Islamist, which are anti-Christians. "Incidents against Christians include, faith-related killings, damaging Christian's properties and forced marriage as well as arrest, deportations and raids of Church offices".Their websites reads
People held up signs that read "freedom of religion" while some Islamist celebrated the ruling, chanting "God is the greatest"
Ibrahim was sentenced to death on mother's day 2014 and is being held at a federal women's prison in Sudan until after the birth of her second child....
Sudan President, Omar Bashir has said he wants to adopt a "100 percent Islamic" constitution now that the South has split off. The government says the new constitution will guarrantee religious freedom but the Christians are wary
The U.S department of states has since issued a statement on May 15th, 2014.....
"We are deeply disturbed over the sentencing today of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim to death by hanging for apostasy. We are also deeply concerned by the flogging sentence for adultery. We understand the court sentence can be appealed.
We continue to call upon the government of Sudan respect the right to freedom of religion, a right which is enshrined in Sudan's own 2005 interim constitution as well as international human right law. We call on the Sudanese legal authorities to approach this case with the compassion that is in keeping with the values of the Sudanese people"
SOURCE ~ GospelHerald
This one very sad story. We pray and hope she wins her appeal and have this verdict overturn. Just can't believe this is happening in 2014.....R O B!!!
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