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Friday, May 16, 2014

The wedding picture that signed a pregnant woman's death warrant:


                               The wedding photo that has cost Sudanese woman Mariam Yahya Ibrahim her life after being sentenced to death for converting to Christianity


This is the picture that could cost a pregnant woman in Sudan her life after being sentenced to death for converting to Christianity to marry her husband. (if you have missed it, CLICK HERE )
Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, had been ordered to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith and return to Islam. 

She had also been charged with adultery for marrying a Christian man. During yesterday's sentence hearing, Judge Abbas al Khalifa asked the pregnant mother whether she would return to Islam.


But she said 'I am a Christian,' and the death sentence was handed down, judicial sources say.
After the verdict her husband, Daniel Wani told CNN: 'I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do. I'm just praying.'
A government spokesman said the ruling could be appealed in a higher court.
Outside the court, around 50 people held up signs that read 'Freedom of Religion', while some Islamists celebrated the ruling, chanting 'God is Greatest.'


On February 7, Ms Ibrahim was arrested, with her 20-month-old son, and put in a women’s prison.
It is thought a relative had turned her in to the police for marrying a Christian. 
According to the Sudan’s Public Order Criminal Code, she is a Muslim by default because she was born in Sudan.
Therefore, her marriage to a Christian is classed as a criminal act.
On March 4, she was charged with adultery and apostasy. The adultery charge came with a punishment of 100 lashes and the apostasy charge came with a punishment of death.


Mr Wani, is not allowed to care for their child, Martin, because he is a Christian.
Martin, who is almost two years old, is in prison with his mother. Mr Wani is not allowed to visit or see his son.
Young Sudanese university students have mounted a series of protests near Khartoum University in recent weeks asking for an end to human rights abuses, more freedoms and better social and economic conditions in the country. 
The authorities decided on Sunday to close the university indefinitely.

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