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| 'Deep concern' over apostasy case in Islamist Sudan |
| 2014-05-14 |
| [Al Ahram] Western embassies in Sudan expressed "deep concern" on Tuesday over the case of a woman who activists say risks a death sentence for apostasy. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who says she is Christian, was convicted last Sunday in the Khartoum-area district of Haj Yusef. "We call upon the government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion, including one's right to change one's faith or beliefs," the embassies of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands said in a joint statement. That right is included in Sudan's 2005 interim constitution as well as in international human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... law, they said. The court has given Ishag, who is pregnant, until Thursday to recant her faith, A refusal would put her at risk of the death penalty, and she also faces up to 100 lashes for "adultery", the watchdog said in an "urgent action" notice about her case. The "adultery" charge stems from her marriage to a Christian South Sudanese man, Amnesty said, adding that under Sudan's interpretation of Islamic sharia law a Mohammedan woman cannot marry a non-Mohammedan man and any such relationship is regarded as adulterous. The embassies urged Sudanese legal authorities "to approach Ms Meriam's case with justice and compassion that is in keeping with the values of the Sudanese people". Sudan's Islamist regime introduced sharia law in 1983 but extreme punishments other than flogging are rare. Amnesty said Ishag, 27, was raised as an Orthodox Christian, her mother's religion, because her Mohammedan father was absent. "It's not only Sudan. In Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , in all the Mohammedan countries, it is not allowed at all for a Mohammedan to change his religion," Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman told AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 We Keeel you !! But then, they ARE Moslems. You expect Moslems NOT to have Religious Freedom. Its their code, and who are we to judge the cultures of others when we do all the nasty nasty things like wear hot pants and allow women to drive. I mean , let's be fair. So a few hundred million Moslems with drool in their beards and knives out, you come to expect it. PBUH. |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-05-14 07:00 |