From The Church Times-THERE has been worldwide condemnation after a Sudanese woman was sentenced to death after being convicted of apostasy.
Meriam Ibrahim, aged 26, was convicted on 11 May, but given four days to reconvert to Islam and escape the death penalty. Mrs Ibrahim, however, who is pregnant, denied that she had ever been a Muslim. The court has postponed her sentence until her child has been born.
She has also been sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery: the sharia court did not recognise her marriage to her Christian husband as legitimate, as it considers her a Muslim.
The death sentence has been denounced by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey. Speaking to The Sunday Times, he said: "Isn't there something fundamentally wrong with Islam at its core that it cannot allow people to change their religion? Moderate Muslims . . . have to say enough is enough."
More here-
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2014/23-may/news/uk/outcry-over-death-sentence-for-christian’s-‘apostasy’
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