Sudanese Lady Sentenced To Death For Her Religious Choice Of Marrying A Christian.

A Sudanese court has sentenced a woman to death for apostasy the abandonment of her religious faith after she married a Christian man.
Hours after a Sudanese court sentenced her to death when she refused  recant her Christian faith, her husband told CNN that he feels helpless.
"I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do," Daniel Wani said  on Thursday. "I'm just praying."

His wife, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, was convicted by a Khartoum court this week of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith.
Ibrahim is Christian, her husband said. But the court considers her to be Muslim.

Her legal team can appeal the verdict.

According to the rights group Amnesty International, she was also convicted of adultery and sentenced to 100 lashes because her marriage to a Christian man is considered void under Sharia law.

"The verdict is contrary to commitments Sudan has made in its own Constitution and commitments made under regional and international law; Meriam has been convicted solely on account of her religious convictions and personal status," said Katherine Perks with the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies.
"The fact that a woman could be sentenced to death for her religious choice, and to flogging for being married to a man of an allegedly different religion, is abhorrent and should never be even considered," Manar Idriss, Amnesty International's Sudan researcher, said in a statement.

"'Adultery' and 'apostasy' are acts which should not be considered crimes at all, let alone meet the international standard of 'most serious crimes' in relation to the death penalty. It is a flagrant breach of international human rights law," the researcher said.

Ibrahim is eight months' pregnant and is in custody with her 20-month-old son, according to Amnesty International, which considers her a prisoner of conscience.