Sudan - Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag

The world has gone MAD!

I just wish that these people would look into her background without condemning her as acting as judge, jury and executioner.

Even if she was a practicing Muslim woman there is no evidence in the Qur'an or the Sunnah that a person who leaves Islam should be killed. They rely on a 'weak' Hadith which is not enough to take the life of another human being.

�Apostasy,� by its very definition, is inherently contradictory to �freedom of beliefs.�

Treason is another matter... a separate matter, and should be separate from religion and religious choice.


Unbelievably, Sudan states, �This case remains a legal issue and not a religious or a political one.� A conviction and sentence under Shariah Law for �apostasy� is nothing but religious.

Faced with this reality, Sudan spins a web of lies and deception to cover its diabolical deed. The official government statement notes, �It is important to emphasize that freedom of choice is the cornerstone of both Islam and Christianity.�

Yet, for Meriam�s �choice� to marry a Christian man, she is to be tortured with 100 lashes. For her �choice� to be a Christian, she is to be hung.

The statement goes on to proclaim that �Sudanese Judges are qualified and dignified.�   There is nothing dignified about imprisoning two innocent babies while their mother is shackled in the cell with them. There is nothing dignified about killing a woman for embracing her faith.

�It is unwise and dangerous to politicize the issue at hand to spur religious tension between the two peaceful faiths with similar foundations,� Sudan asserts.

What?!  The very fact that it is a judicial pronouncement makes it a source of religious tension.

There is nothing �peaceful� about hanging a woman for her faith. It is Sudan and not the world that spurred �religious tension� by imposing a death sentence based on religious beliefs.

One thing is for certain: Sudan is listening to the public outcry. It is doing anything in its power, spreading any deception it can, to silence the world. Sudan must release Meriam and her two American children.

More than 275,000 people have raised their voice to demand their freedom. Join by signing the petition at BeHeardProject.com.  The world is watching. A woman�s life hangs in the balance.

* text in blue is my thoughts, my reactions, my words.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27651483

Not unexpected, so disappointing, but no surprise...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/02/sudan-retracts-claim-meriam-ibrahim-freed

There have been breaking developments in Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty case over the weekend.

First, a senior Sudanese official stated that Sudan was set "to free" Meriam.

Now, Sudan is retracting that statement, saying instead that it will wait for a court to rule on her appeal.

There is no doubt Sudan is trying to stop the growing wave of international pressure.

As her attorneys in Sudan said, "It's a statement to silence the international media. This is what the government does."

We must not be silenced.

Participate in redoubling efforts around the globe. 

If we let up, Meriam will be executed and a husband and children, will be left without a wife and mother, and children with only a disabled father to care for them.

Don't be silenced. Be heard.

Demand Meriam's Freedom. Sign the Petition Today.

asalaam, I pray you will take a stand against injustice.
Caringheart