Pregnant Islamic Lady sentenced to Death for Marrying Christian
I sincerely think it's time for Muslims the
world over to call for a review of their mode
of worship and the level of tolerance in their
religion. My own dad was a Muslim for about
50 years but he's now a Christian. I wonder
what could have happened to my dad if he
was from areas controlled by Islamic
fundamentalists.
As you read this, a Sudanese court has
sentenced a woman to death by hanging for
apostasy after she left Islam and married a
Christian man. Sudan has a majority Muslim
population, which is governed by Islamic law.
It rules that apostasy – the abandonment of
one’s religious faith – is a crime.
The judge also sentenced the woman to 100
lashes after convicting her of adultery –
because her marriage to a Christian man was
not valid under Islamic law.
In the words of the Islamic judge: “We
gave you three days to recant but you
insist on not returning to Islam. I
sentence you to be hanged to death.”
AFP reports that Western embassies and
rights groups had urged the authorities in
Sudan to respect the right of the pregnant
woman to choose her religion. Local media
report the sentence would not be carried out
for two years after she has given birth.
Earlier in the hearing, an Islamic cleric spoke
with her in a caged dock for about 30
minutes. Then she calmly told the judge: “I
am a Christian and I never committed
apostasy.”
Here Is The Reality Of The Matter
Amnesty International said the woman,
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, was raised as
an Orthodox Christian, her mother’s religion,
because her father, a Muslim, was reportedly
absent during her childhood.
But in court, the judge addressed her by her
Muslim name, Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed
Abdullah.
She was convicted on the grounds that her
marriage to a Christian man from South-
Sudan is void under Sudan’s version of
Islamic law, which says Muslim women
cannot marry non-Muslims.
Amnesty has called for her immediate
release. She is said to be eight months’
pregnant.
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