Mariam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, 27, was sentenced to death last week for refusing to renounce her Christian faith in front of Sudanese court which considers her a Muslim. She was also charged with adultery for marrying Christian Daniel Wani and sentenced to 100 lashes.
She told the Sudanese court: 'I was never a Muslim. I was raised a Christian from the start'. But Ishag is considered a Muslim by the court because her father was a Sudanese Muslim despite her being raised by a Christian mother.
She has been shackled at the legs in prison where she is being held with the couple's 20-month-old son Martin. The couple's lawyer is working on an appeal to the 27-year-old's sentence amid mounting international pressure.
Mr. Daniel Wani was born in war-torn Sudan but fled to the U.S. in 1998. He settled in Manchester, New Hampshire. He says his son Martin is a U.S. citizen, but State Department would not confirm the boy's legal status.
The husband was allegedly asked to send a DNA sample to U.S. Embassy in Khartoum to prove Martin is his son.
Adapted from: DailyMail UK
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