(VOP) A 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to death for her religious views has given birth to a baby girl. Her husband and legal team have not been allowed access to the young mother at Omdurman Women’s Prison, where she is being held along with her 20-month-old son. Amnesty International said it had no information on her condition as yet.
After her father, a Muslim deserted the family when she was only 6 years old and absent most of her life. Her Ethiopian mother raised Meriam in the Christian faith as a Christian.
On May 11th, Ibrahim was charged and convicted of apostasy and adultery. A Khartoum court sentencing her to death by hanging on May 15 when she refused to recant her faith in Christ and return to Islam. She was also sentenced to 100 lashes for committing adultery with Daniel Wani, her husband. The marriage to her husband, a South Sudanese-born Christian man is considered invalid under Sudan’s Islamic Shari’a law.
It has been reported that Ibrahim has been constantly restrained in shackles in her cell since her sentencing, a practice commonly used on prisoners who have been sentenced to death. Inhumane treatment for a pregnant woman about to give birth.
Ibrahim will be allowed to nurse her baby for two years before the death sentence is carried out. After she recovers from childbirth, the 100 lashes will be carried out. Pray she will not have to endure this horrific and cruel punishment.
Her lawyers have confirmed that an appeal has been filed and said that they are ready to take the case to Sudan’s Supreme Court and Constitutional Court if the appeal proves unsuccessful.
The sentence has sparked international outcry. US senators are urging secretary of state John Kerry to personally intervene on Ibrahim’s behalf and offer her asylum.
The UK government calls the sentence “barbaric”, while UN human rights experts described the conviction as “outrageous”, saying the right to marry and start a family was a fundamental human right.
An outpouring of public sympathy for the young Christian woman encouraged more than 660,000 people to sign a petition by Amnesty International calling for her immediate release.
Amnesty says treating adultery and apostasy as criminal offences is inconsistent with international human rights law.
Sudan has a predominantly Muslim population, but also has a Christian minority, primarily in it’s southern region.
Executions for apostasy are rare. Many of these charges have been dropped. Convictions have been overturned after a recanting their faith. No human being should be sentenced to death for their religious faith, convert or not. We should stand up for the religious right of all citizens, worldwide.
Please keep our sister in Christ in your prayers. May the Lord bless her with peace, strength and steadfast faith. May the persecutors have a change of heart and release not only her, but her two young children. May they be reunited as a family to freely worship Christ. In the holy name of Jesus.
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The birth of a child is supposed to be a joyous occasion. May Jesus watch over Meriam and her babies!
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Amen, Catherine!
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Can you explain something? It’s mostly not about religion. I was called retarded today while walking home. Nobody would do a thing. Yet, if I say anything about the one who said it, I’m seen as scum. Why is it people close their eyes when one group victimizes another, and yet make the one who is hurt as the enemy? The cops do not enforce the law here or anywhere I’ve lived on my own. This is a bad drug stuffed neighborhood. Scary. Everyone seems to side with the troublemakers and dopers. I don’t have money to move again. I’m stuck here. The laws regarding disabled people are ignored. The police are corrupt. Yet folks gat ticked off at me if I complain. It’s like they are thinking, “if you don’t like it move.” How many times can I move? If I want my “advocate” or case manager to do their job same thing. When did Autism become a crime? (I don’t expect you to answer that one) My faith is being shattered. If your disabled here your low income. It means bad neighborhood. Drugs and crime. I’m tired of the hate I feel where I live. Thanks for listening. You always do. Nobody else will.
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Oh Catherine I totally understand. I’m so sorry that you are treated that way. You are a child of God. You are beautiful. Sometimes people can be so cruel. The Gospel of Christ is about those who are mistreated. He came to heal the broken hearted. People that act like that are not nice. You hold your head up high, knowing that you are very special. And know that God loves you, and we love you. Persecution comes in many forms. And the persecution you are facing for being different, is persecution all the same. Jesus’ sermon on the mount addressed this.
And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
We’re praying for you Catherine, and any time you need us we’re here.
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Thank you.
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Your welcome. Bless you sister!
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God bless you. Catherine.
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This all seems like a nightmare only sadly it is not! but now as told in revelation the persecution of the saints are to try their patience like never before and no matter what not deny the name of Christ who is our saving grace whether we are alive or absent from the body and with him! Great article to uncover what many do not even know is happening in this world………..Praying God will renew the strength of his children who are persecuted as they serve him faithfully! God Bless You.
Julia
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Thank you for praying sister
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