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Quote: Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag or Maryam Yaand#7717;yand#257; Ibrahand#299;m Isand#7717;aq (مريم يحيى إبراهيم إسحق) is a 27-year-old Sudanese woman, sentenced to death because of her Christian faith. Ishag was arrested during her second pregnancy and gave birth to a girl on May 27, 2014. The sentence will not be carried out until two years after the baby’s birth.[1] Amid intense pressure from the international community, on May 31, 2014, Sudanese officials initially told the BBC she would shortly be freed from custody,[2] this has since been officially denied.[3] Ishag's husband also denies being told of her impending release, and said, "As far as I'm concerned I will wait for the appeal which my lawyer submitted and I hope that my wife will be released."[3] Mariam was released on 23rd June 2014 according to the media though her husband and her lawyer have not yet seen her.[4] Ishag was born to a Muslim father, who left her Ethiopian Orthodox mother to raise her from early childhood. She was raised in her mother's faith and married a Christian man; the marriage certificate has been published.[5] Ishag was reportedly turned in to the authorities by one of her relatives, who claimed Mariam was committing adultery by marrying Daniel Wani, a Christian.[6] She was sentenced to death on May 15, 2014, for allegedly committing apostasy from Islam, meaning that she was accused of changing religion from Islam to a different (or no) religion. Although Ishag said she has always been a Christian, the prosecution claimed she should have followed the faith of her absent father, and demanded, with the support of the judge, that she abandon her Christian faith, and believe, instead, in her father's faith, Islam. She was given three days to do so, but refused, arguing that she had been a Christian all her life, and could not rescind or alter her genuine personal faith at the request of a court. Her husband, Daniel Wani, is appealing the sentence on both of their behalfs.[7] Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Prison and family conditions 3 Reactions 4 Wider problems 5 Interpretation of Muslim texts 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Background[edit] Because Islamic law does not allow marriages between Muslim women and non-Muslim men, her marriage to a Christian man was considered void by the court, based on its belief that she should not have been raised as a Christian, or chosen that faith. Therefore, the court argued that, although a lifelong Christian, she should notionally be treated as a Muslim, and that the marriage to the Christian man was not valid. She was therefore also sentenced to receive 100 lashes for adultery, in spite of the sexual relations having been only with her husband, with the flogging to be administered some time in advance of being hung. Moreover, her 20 month-old son has also been imprisoned, and has been denied all contact with his father, who will never be permitted to raise him.[6] Three of his four grandparents – both his paternal grandparents, and his maternal grandmother – were Christian from birth, as were his parents – but the authorities have stated that as the absentee maternal grandfather that he never met was a Muslim, he therefore cannot legally be raised by his Christian father. In response, Ishag said that she has always been a Christian and never committed apostasy.[8][9][10] Prison and family conditions[edit] Daniel Wani's photograph of his daughter Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag is in Omdurman Federal Women's Prison with Martin Wani, her 20-month-old son. Visitors were originally not allowed; when her husband finally saw Ishag, she was shackled and had swollen legs.[11] Vital medical treatment was refused, and Ishag was denied transfer to a hospital even though she was 8 months into a difficult pregnancy.[12] Even during childbirth, her legs were kept shackled to the floor.[13][14] The shackles were removed after the birth.[15] Mohamed Jar Elnabi, a lawyer representing Ishag, said police and the judge prevented her husband, Wani, going into the court. Elnabi said Wani is wheelchair-bound due to muscular dystrophy [16] and "totally depends on her for all details of his life, he cannot live without her". Speaking about the couple's son, Martin Wani Elnabi said, "The couple's son is having a difficult time in prison. He is very affected from being trapped inside a prison from such a young age, he is always getting sick due to lack of hygiene and bugs."[17] Reports that Ishag may be freed [18][19] were subsequently officially denied.[3] Reactions[edit] The fact that a woman has been sentenced to death for her religious choice, and to flogging for being married to a man of an allegedly different religion is appalling and abhorrent. Adultery and apostasy are acts which should not be considered crimes at all. It is [a] flagrant breach of international human rights law. — Amnesty International[20] The way she is being treated is barbaric and has no place in today's world. — David Cameron[21] The United Kingdom government described the sentence as "barbaric" and a UK minister was "truly appalled", noting that Sudan breached international human rights obligations. The United States government was "deeply disturbed" and also called on Sudan to meet its obligations under international human rights law. A joint statement from embassies of Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States before sentencing also expressed "deep concern", urging "justice and compassion". Daniel Wani, Mariam's husband, has expressed disappointment at US pusillanimity, "Considering I am an American citizen, I am disappointed with the American Embassy's position from the beginning of the whole case."[22] The lengthy public silence of both President Obama and Secretary Kerry on their case drew widespread criticism.[23][24][25] Secretary Kerry broke this silence on the 12th June,[26] after bipartisan lobbying.[27] Christian groups have been campaigning for Ishag but Islamic extremists are also lobbying according to prominent newspaper editor Khalid Tigani.[15] A lawyer for Ishag said the case would, if necessary, go to Sudan's highest Constitutional Court. Sudan's 2005 interim constitution officially guarantees freedom of religion.[20][28][29][30] The Information Minister of Sudan, Ahmed Bilal Osman, appeared to comment on the court case prior to the appeal, when he said: "It's not only Sudan. In Saudi Arabia, in all the Muslim countries, it is not allowed at all for a Muslim to change his religion" [31] Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a British-based group working for religious freedom, said Ms. Ishag's case is the latest amongst "a series of repressive acts" against religious minorities in Sudan. RTand#201; News and Current Affairs[32] World Council of Churches general secretary, Dr Olav Fykse Tveit considers the sentence unjust and reminds president Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese constitution guarantees all citizens the ""right to the freedom of religious creed and worship." [33] “There are now three innocent people in that cell. The way Meriam has been treated is sickening, and it has appalled the world. This really is the stuff of nightmares." (Amnesty UK’s Individuals at Risk Campaigner, Kathy Voss) "Religious tolerance is something that the UK should be promoting at every opportunity. We need to ask ourselves whether it is acceptable to be giving taxpayers' money in aid to states which allow treatment such as that handed out to Meriam Ibrahim." (Conservative MP Liam Fox)[34] International protests are growing; the embassies of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have issued a joint statement expressing "deep concern" about the case, urging Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion.[35] The European Union called for revocation of the “inhuman verdict” and John Kerry urged Sudan to repeal laws banning Muslims from joining other faiths. [15] Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan wrote, “There is no value in worship performed in the absence of free choice and volition.”[36] Wider problems[edit] Some have argued that this case may serve as a distraction against complaints the Sudanese people make about their government. Mohamed Ghilan, an expert in Islamic jurisprudence for example, claims, "The punishment has little to do with religion and serves as a political distraction. This is a ploy by the Sudanese regime to appear as 'defenders of Islam' to mitigate their corruption".[37] However execution is widely prescribed as an appropriate punishment for women and men leaving Islam in Saudi Arabia and in on-line Islamic websites,[38][39] commonly citing a well attested quotation of Muhammed to Ibn Abbas, “Whoever renounces his religion, kill him.”[40] It has, for example, been a persuasion commonly held by young Muslims in the UK.[41] Interpretation of Muslim texts[edit] Muslim scholars disagree whether the death sentence for apostasy should happen under Islamic law.[42][43] Traditionally (historically) the death sentence was only applied to apostates who joined another side which was considered #####alent to treason. Those who simply converted to another belief were not executed. The Qur’an states in Surah 10:99: “If it had been the will of your Lord that all the people of the world should be believers, all the people of the world would have believed! Would you then compel them against their will to believe?”. The following is an example of how the Muslim Prophet Muhammad dealt with solely apostasy, from a Hadith (a document that is part of Islamic text yet which is separate from the Qur’an, with slightly lesser status): "A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam. Then the bedouin got fever at Medina, came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge," But Allah's Apostle refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge." But the Prophet refused. The bedouin finally went out (of Medina) whereupon Allah's Apostle said, "Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and clears its good". This is from Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 9, #318. Dr. M. E. Subhani commented on this text in his book, "Apostasy in Islam", wherein he wrote: “This was an open case of apostasy. But the Prophet neither punished the Bedouin, nor asked anyone to do it. He allowed him to leave Medina. Nobody harmed him.” However, not long after that, when Muhammad died in 632, the Arab tribes who had given pledges decided that their pledges were no longer valid since they had been given to Muhammad alone, as a leader of a new form of tribe (as they understood his followers, the Mu'minun, later the Muslimun to be). They abandoned Islam, but Muhammad's succcessor, the first Caliph, Abu Bakr, fought a series of wars against them (the Wars of the Ridda or apostasy) and forced them to submit to Islam again (understanding the literal meaning of Islam as 'submission').[citation needed] Apostates have regularly been killed or re-converted by Muslim states and at the behest of Islamic clerics (e.g. the Babis in 19th-century Iran).[citation needed] Modern radical Muslims from Mawdudist, Qutbist, or other persuasions routinely invoke execution as the proper fate for anyone who leaves Islam.[citation needed] See also[edit] Freedom of religion in Sudan Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case References[edit] Jump up ^ Sudanese woman facing death for apostasy gives birth, BBC, 27. 5. 2014 Jump up ^ Sudan death row woman 'to be freed', BBC, 31. 5. 2014 ^ Jump up to: a b c Meriam Ibrahim: Husband 'not informed of release', BBC, 1. 6. 2014 Jump up ^ BBC News, 23rd June 2014 Jump up ^ "Sudan apostasy case: Meriam Ibrahim's marriage certificate shown to disprove adultery charges". 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