. . COUNTRIES: SUDAN : LAW: CASE: DECISIONS : RELIGION: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE: Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Hang for Refusing to Renounce Christianity . . Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Hang for Refusing to Renounce Christianity May Abdelnasir Last updated on: May 15, 2014 2:23 PM Voice of America (VOA) http://www.voanews.com/content/sudanese-woman- sentenced-to-hang-for-refusing-to-renounce-christianity/1915486.html . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/kuh5usx . .A court in Sudan has sentenced a pregnant woman to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
.Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, who is already the mother to a 20-month-old son, was convicted of apostasy on Monday and given three days to abandon her faith.
.Her lawyer, Mohamed Abdel Nabi, said the judge hearing the case asked her, "Where do you stand on being an apostate?"
."She answered, 'I'm not an apostate, your honor; because I was never a Muslim. I grew up a Christian.' Then the judge announced, 'you are sentenced to death by hanging,'" Nabi told South Sudan in Focus.
.Mariam's husband, who is from South Sudan and holds a U.S. passport, confirmed that his wife was raised a Christian.
. snip ."Her mother is from Ethiopia and she grew up with her mother. That's why she is a Christian, since she was young, you know," he said.
. snip . Death sentence not final .Sudan's information minister, Ahmed Bilal, said that the the death sentence against Mariam was not final.
.Even Sudan's Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in the country, was opposed to the harsh sentence against the young woman, Bilal said.
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