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A Sudanese court has sentenced a woman to hang for apostasy after she left Islam and married a Christian man. ''We gave you three days to recant but you insist on not returning to Islam. I sentence you to be hanged to death,'' the judge told the woman, AFP reports. Western embassies and rights groups had urged 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. Sudan has a majority Muslim population, which is governed by Islamic law. The judge also sentenced her to 100 lashes after convicting her of adultery - because her marriage to a Christian man was not valid under Islamic law. Earlier in the hearing, an Islamic cleric spoke with her in a caged dock for about 30 minutes, AFP reports. Then she calmly told the judge: ''I am a Christian and I never committed apostasy.'' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27424064 |
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@tinydude | 15 May 14 |
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Amnesty International said the woman, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ish*g, was raised as an Orthodox Christian, her mother's religion, because her father, a Muslim, was reportedly absent during her childhood. In court, the judge addressed her by her Muslim name, Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed Abdullah. She was convicted of adultery on the grounds that her marriage to a Christian man from South Sudan was void under Sudan's version of Islamic law, which says Muslim women cannot marry non-Muslims. The woman was originally sentenced to death on Sunday but given until Thursday to return to Islam. On Tuesday, the embassies of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands issued a joint statement expressing ''deep concern'' about the case and urging Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion, AFP says. The woman was arrested and charged with adultery in August 2013, and the court added the charge of apostasy in February 2014 when she said she was a Christian and not a Muslim, Amnesty said. The group called for her immediate release. She is said to be eight months' pregnant. |
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@tokage | 15 May 14 |
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not really shockin or surprising at all.
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@nolisto1 | 15 May 14 |
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Stories like this, instead of depressing you must make you feel grateful that by the grace of God you have it good in life.
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@tokage | 15 May 14 |
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i am a Christian but can't really agree with u Nolly, why would God give grace to one but not another? that would mean He has favourites nd i don't believe that. unless u meant it as a figure of speech.
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@masood4u | 15 May 14 |
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she can marry non muslim but he should convert to islam
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@masood4u | 15 May 14 |
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but for marrying hanged its not true,false news to blame islam
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@obsidian21 | 15 May 14 |
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@ masood4u - 15.05.14 - 01:56pm she can marry non muslim but he should convert to islam Why why and why? 
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@obsidian21 | 15 May 14 |
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Maybe the woman found her happiness in Christianity. She should have the freedom to chose what makes her happy.
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@nolisto1 | 15 May 14 |
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@ tokage - 15.05.14 - 01:34pm i am a Christian but can't really agree with u Nolly, why would God give grace to one but not another? that would mean He has favourites nd i don't believe that. unless u meant it as a figure of speech. There are complex theological Reasons for my statement. Reasons I cannot go into in a lay environment. Maybe amongst philosophers and other deep thinkers. |
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@nolisto1 | 15 May 14 |
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Jit_jos sounds like a very wise woman.
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