No worldwide outrage from white liberals here:
Hours after a Sudanese court sentenced his pregnant wife to death when she refused to recant her Christian faith, her husband told CNN he feels helpless.
"I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do," Daniel Wani told CNN on Thursday. "I'm just praying."This week a Khartoum court convicted his wife, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith.Ibrahim is Christian, her husband said. But the court considers her to be Muslim.The court also convicted her of adultery and sentenced her to 100 lashes because her marriage to a Christian man is considered void under Sharia law.The court gave her until Thursday to recant her Christian faith -- something she refused to do, according to her lawyer.During Thursday's sentencing hearing, a sheikh told the court "how dangerous a crime like this is to Islam and the Islamic community," said attorney Mohamed Jar Elnabi, who's representing Ibrahim."I am a Christian," Ibrahim fired back, "and I will remain a Christian."Her legal team says it plans to appeal the verdict, which drew swift condemnation from human rights organizations around the world.In the meantime, Ibrahim, who is eight months' pregnant, remains in prison with her 20-month-old son."She is very strong and very firm. She is very clear that she is a Christian and that she will get out one day," Elnabi told CNN from Sudan.
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