Meriam Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was convicted of "apostasy" on Sunday and given four days to repent and escape death, said lawyer Al-Shareef Ali al-Shareef Mohammed. The 26 year old, who A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, … Read more
A Sudanese judge sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, a ruling that Britain denounced as “barbaric” and left the United States “deeply disturbed”. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 27, is married to Pregnant Sudanese Christian sentenced to death for apostasy. Posted at 6:14 pm on May 16, 2014 by Twitchy Staff | … Read more
A 27-year-old woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, has been sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy by a Khartoum court. That fact, plus her marital and family status (pregnant mother with a 20-month-old child and a Christian Meriam Ibrahim, 26, was sentenced Thursday after being convicted of apostasy. The court in Khartoum ruled that Ibrahim … Read more
It is a commonly held belief that Islamic law dictates the death penalty as an absolute punishment for apostasy. However, this reading of the Islamic Tradition relies on restricting the role of the Prophet Muhammad to that of a religious figure issuing Meriam Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy – the abandonment of one's religious faith … Read more
Although she herself identifies as Christian, the government considers her as Muslim, and as such, has found her guilty of apostasy: the crime of abandoning one's religion, which is punishable by death. Since Muslims are not allowed to marry non A SUDANESE woman has been sentenced to death after being convicted of apostasy last week. … Read more
A pregnant woman in Sudan was sentenced to death by hanging Thursday because she refused to renounce Christianity for Islam, a leading human rights group said, in a case that has drawn international condemnation. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, who is eight Islamic apologists in the West routinely claim that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy. … Read more
A heavily pregnant Christian Sudanese woman who could be sentenced to death by hanging for 'apostasy', and to flogging for 'adultery' should be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said ahead Meriam Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy – the abandonment of one's religious faith – and ordered to hang for her 'crime.' Western embassies and … Read more