Pregnant Woman in Sudan to Be Executed for "Apostasy"!

National Post:
Sudan court sentences eight months pregnant woman to death for ‘apostasy,’ marrying a Christian

A Sudanese court sentenced a pregnant woman to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith in favour of Islam, a defence lawyer said.

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, a 27-year-old Sudanese Christian doctor who’s eight months pregnant, will receive 100 lashes and be executed by hanging, Haram Osman Ahmed, a member of her legal team, said by phone on Thursday from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. The verdict will be appealed within 15 days, she said. Under Sudanese law, execution has to be carried out after a convicted woman gives birth, Ahmed said.

Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy and adultery on May 11 in a case that’s drawn criticism from the U.S. and U.K. The court had given her three days to recant her faith.

Mother to a 20-month-old son, Ibrahim says she was raised as a Christian, her mother’s religion, because her father, a Muslim, was absent during her childhood, according to Amnesty International. She was arrested and charged with adultery in August after a family member reportedly told Sudanese authorities of her marriage to a South Sudanese Christian.

Under Sudan’s interpretation of Islamic law, marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man isn’t permitted, with any such union considered adultery, according to Amnesty. An apostasy charge was added in February when Ibrahim said she was Christian, not Muslim.

Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman’s mobile phone didn’t connect when Bloomberg News called seeking comment.
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