Woman sentenced to death in Sudan for renouncing Islam is to be freed after international pressure

[smurfy]

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27651483[/url]
[quote]Sudanese authorities are to free a woman who was sentenced to death for having abandoned the Islamic faith, a foreign ministry official says.

Meriam Ibrahim, who recently became a mother, will be freed from custody in a few days' time, the official said.

Abdullahi Alazreg, an under-secretary at the foreign ministry, said Sudan guaranteed religious freedom and was committed to protecting the woman.

Khartoum has been facing heavy criticism over the death sentence.[/quote]

[Zonesylvania]

Let's hope the religious extremists will have the good sense to try leaving her alone, though I doubt that. There's always going to be the one cleric or group issuing a fatwa to declare such people as haram.

[Download]

"But I have been a Christian all my life!"

"Too bad, your - who you've never had any contact with - was a Muslim and therefore you are too. I bet you never even knew you were committing apostasy! Oh well, enjoy the gallows."

That is pretty much how this originally went.

[Revanold]

I'm really really glad they recognised the petitions, what a ridiculous punishment

[Falubii]

The judge should be put on trial.

[Zonesylvania]

[QUOTE=Falubii;44961197]The judge should be put on trial.[/QUOTE]
In an Islamic country? not going to happen.