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U.S. and Sudan negotiating over Christian woman sentenced to death for leaving Islam

Jun 28, 2014 2:16 pm By Robert Spencer

meriam-ibrahim-death“There are talks going on currently between Sudanese and American officials to try to find a way for Mariam and her family to leave the country.” Maybe Sudanese officials will settle for a bit of jizya in lieu of her head. The honor of Islam would thereby be preserved, even if she were released.

“U.S. and Sudan negotiating over Christian convert – sources,” Reuters, June 28, 2014:

CAIRO, June 28 (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities and U.S. officials in Khartoum are negotiating to allow a Sudanese woman, who married an American and was recently spared the death penalty for converting to Christianity, to leave Sudan, sources close to the case said.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, was detained at Khartoum airport on Tuesday, one day after an appeals court overturned a death sentence imposed on her for having converted from Islam to Christianity in order to marry her Christian American husband.

Her lawyer Mohaned Mostafa said Ibrahim, her husband and two children have all been staying at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum since her release, which was granted on the condition that Ibrahim remains in Sudan.

“There are talks going on currently between Sudanese and American officials to try to find a way for Mariam and her family to leave the country,” a source close to the case said asking not to be named as he was not authorised to talk to the media.

Ibrahim was detained on Tuesday for trying to use documents issued by the embassy of South Sudan to fly out of Khartoum with her American-South Sudanese husband and their two children.

Despite lifting her death sentence after huge international pressure, Sudan still does not acknowledge Ibrahim’s new identity as a Christian South Sudanese because it does not recognise her marriage. Muslim women are not permitted to marry Christian men under the Islamic laws that Sudan applies.

“The talks now are aiming to get her out of Sudan on a Sudanese passport,” the source said….

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Ramadan disgrace

    It is time once again for Obama to take the stage promoting the inter-faith admiration charade by groveling and bowing to Ramadan’s parade.
    Gid it, Gid it, Gid it,
    Gid, Gid, Gid, it

    Islam is on sale now, very cheap.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jun 28, 2014 at 4:45 pm

      Has the watch gone for repair?
      Has the ring gone for servicing?

  2. RG says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    I’d say it’s high time for the low-life Sudanese gov’t to step up to the plate and release this woman and her family. They are the criminals-not her! But then, we can’t have any muslims admitting that they were wrong, now can we???

  3. Jay Boo says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    We all are no doubt so expecting Michele Obama to tweet

    “free Christian Meriam Ibrahim”
    and
    “I am Meriam Ibrahim”

    Anytime now,
    Strange
    still waiting ???

  4. Tradewinds says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    President Hussein – you just keep groveling to barbaric Islam and it’s pathetic backward followers. Such groveling suits you.

    Hussein Obama and his Islamic sympathies – worst president ever.

  5. Shady Character says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    Maybe we could offer the Sudanese a few Mexican illegal aliens in exchange.

  6. Jay Boo says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 3:51 pm

    I am not sure what the following words mean but I sure hope that the NSA doesn’t intercept it and turn it over to the ( thought police ) of the reeducated Homeland Security Division considering that it is from the homeland of Obama’s Muslim ancestors but has something to do with Christianity.

    Nindoka kiugu-ini kia aria atheru,
    Aria mahotaniirwo ni Ngai
    Aria matuite matua kurugama
    Na kiugo kiama na kia uthingu
    Aya matiui gutiganiria
    Manjia rugendo matitiganagiria
    Aya matiui gutiganiria
    Manjia rugendo matitiganagiria

    Chorus
    Aya mahana, Mwathani wao
    Aya matiui kuhotwo ni taki
    Aya mahana, Mwathani wao
    Aya matiui kuhotwo ni taki

    Nimi ciao ciaragia ciugo theru
    Moigaga uria Ngai arenda kuguo
    Aya matire uhinga kana muku
    Ngoro ciao itherete ta riua
    Meciria mao maihurite uthingu
    Aya niaria mathuritwo kuna
    Meciria mao maihurite uthingu
    Aya niaria mathuritwo kuna

    Chorus

    Mitugo yao nimithuranire
    Matire uru mahana ndutura
    Nani ogi muno kuri nyamu ya thi
    Matingiheneka kana matahwo
    Ngoro ciao cieriragiria o Ngai
    Matire uiguithanio na mehia
    Ngoro ciao cieriragiria o Ngai
    Matire uiguithanio na mehia

    Chorus

    Matungataga na ngoro theru
    Matienda kuganwo ni cieko ciao
    Meriragiria kugocithia Ngai
    Wendo wao utumaga marugame
    Niendi muoyo aya menda Ngai
    Nake niakenagio muno nio
    Niendi muoyo aya menda Ngai
    Nake niakenagio muno nio

  7. boakai ngombu says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    ” … Despite lifting her death sentence after huge international pressure, Sudan still does not acknowledge Ibrahim’s new identity as a Christian South Sudanese because it does not recognise her marriage. Muslim women are not permitted to marry Christian men under the Islamic laws that Sudan applies….”

    here’s a snapshot as to why any society that strives to be JUST should not move to adopt the wonderful SHARIA … shouldn’t even tolerate such as a parallel system …

    it’s all about control. has nothing to do with righteousness.

    • John C. Barile says

      Jun 28, 2014 at 5:25 pm

      Obviously. Quite so.

  8. Jay Boo says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    Muslims fast during Ramadan hoping for God’s acceptance.
    sadly IRONIC

    • cheekturner says

      Jun 28, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      No no no! They do not fast during ramadmnation! The just shift their eating habits by 12 hours and stuff their faces (both of them) all night. Then complain to schools and the workplace that allowances must be made for them abstaining from food all day, making them weak and tired.
      They’ve been up all night gorging……..that’s why they are abnormally useless during ramadamnation.

      • Jay Boo says

        Jun 28, 2014 at 9:39 pm

        Even more,
        sadly IRONIC

      • BC says

        Jun 29, 2014 at 6:10 am

        It is common for them to gain weight in ramadan, such hypocrisy when they are supposed to be feeling the suffering of the poor

  9. James Foard says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    Thanks Robert for your excellent work, untiring labor, courageous stand for the truth, unflagging determination in the face of willy-nilly, limp wristed western naysayers and corrupt media and government officials to never back down from a righteous cause. God bless you my brother, I thank God for you.

  10. Wellington says

    Jun 28, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Jizya is just another black mark on Islam for those who can see Islam for what it truly is.

    There should be no honor accorded to jizya. None. Indeed, it should be seen as yet another dysfunctional and wretched aspect of Islam.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jun 28, 2014 at 9:43 pm

      Are we even allowed to criticize Islam during Ramadan when our politicians are so eagerly fawning over the Muslim observance in public?

  11. Reality Check says

    Jun 29, 2014 at 1:39 am

    I wonder if Sudan is trying to extort money from the U. S. in return for Mariam’s life and freedom. Muslims are perfectly capable of doing that.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jul 1, 2014 at 2:10 am

      In her case, given that she refused to convert to Islam even when facing death, I’d say the price, whatever it is, is cheap at the price.

      Courage and faith like hers is beyond rubies.

      If the US pays a couple million for her (and her husband, and the two kids who will be raised by a gutsy Christian mama), they’ll still be getting the best of the deal.

      The Sudanese will get some lousy money that will evaporate in a week.

      The US will get a couple of solid citizens who are likely to produce and raise *more* solid citizens…**real** wealth.

      • Reality Check says

        Jul 1, 2014 at 3:18 am

        DDA,

        I sincerely hope you are correct and that the U. S. government will recognize and appreciate the spiritual and moral wealth brought by Mariam, her husband and their children to the U. S. My impressions from the U. S. are distant, of course, but sometimes I have the feeling the U. S. government wastes time pampering all the wrong people who don’t possess even half the qualities that a normal society requires for its survival – let alone the exceptional qualities of an exceptional woman like Mariam Ibrahim.

        RC

  12. BC says

    Jun 29, 2014 at 6:07 am

    Islamic countries are like the former Soviet Union. Any person should be free to leave any country at will. It should not be necessary for them to have permission

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