AFP PHOTO/HO/FAMILY Meriam Ibrahim’s husband, Daniel Wani, holds their newborn daughter at Omdurman women’s prison in Sudan. Ibrahim’s hanging will be delayed for two years so she can nurse her baby. The family of a Sudanese woman sentenced to death after refusing to renounce her Christian faith has released pictures of her husband holding their newborn daughter.
Meriam Ibrahim, 27, gave birth to baby Maya on Monday at the clinic at the Omdurman women’s prison near Khartoum, Sudanese newspapers reported.
The photos, which were taken on Wednesday and released on Friday, show Ibrahim’s husband, Daniel Wani, cradling the little girl.
Ibrahim was sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy, or “abandoning her faith.” She was given a period of time to renounce her Christian beliefs, but she refused.
In Sudan, conversion of Muslims to another religion is punishable by death.
AFP PHOTO/HO/FAMILY Daniel Wani, a U.S. citizen originally from South Sudan, is also a Christian, so Sudanese law does not recognize their marriage. The state will not give him custody of their other child, a 20-month-old boy, because the law considers the child to be a Muslim and he isn’t allowed to be raised by his Christian father. The court ruled that it would not carry out her execution until she gave birth and will delay it for two years so she can nurse her child, according to Amnesty International.
Even though Ibrahim was raised Christian by her Ethiopian mother, her father was Muslim. Children are required by Sharia law to follow their father’s religion.
Ibrahim was also sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery because the court does not recognize her marriage to Wani, a Christian originally from South Sudan who is a U.S. citizen.
Muslim women in Sudan are forbidden to marry outside their faith, although Muslim men can marry non-Muslims.
Ibrahim and Wani also have a 20-month-old son, who is with his mother in jail.
Ibrahim’s lawyers have said they have plans to appeal the death sentence.
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