Sudanese Woman Appeals ‘Apostasy’ Death Sentence

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A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith after allegedly converting from Islam has appealed the sentence, her lawyer said.

The appeal demands the release of Meriam Ibrahim, saying the court that tried her committed “procedural errors,” her lawyer, Eman Abdul-Rahim, told The Associated Press late Wednesday.

Ibrahim was sentenced to death for “apostasy” last month by a Khartoum court for allegedly converting to Christianity from Islam. She maintains that her Muslim father left when she was young and that she was raised a Christian by her Ethiopian mother, who is an Orthodox Christian.

Ibrahim married a Christian man from southern Sudan in a church ceremony in 2011. As in many Muslim nations, Muslim women in Sudan are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims, though Muslim men can marry outside their faith.

Ibrahim has a son, 18-month-old Martin, who is living with her in jail, where she gave birth to a second child last week. By law, children must follow their father’s religion.

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Why is ”apostasy” in ”scare quotes?”
According to the Koran she has committed apostasy.
Plain and simple.
ALL humans are born Muslim according to the Koran.
When a person raised as a non-Muslim becomes Muslim he is said to have REVERTED BACK to Islam, not CONVERTED into it.
Our State Dept should do more for the wife of an American, but, historically, they do nothing.
Remember the OLD movie, Not Without My Daughter?
An American mom divorced her Muslim husband so he took his children to a Muslim country and the US gov’t did nothing.