{"id":7642,"date":"2014-05-31T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2014-06-02T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T16:37:31","slug":"meriam-witness-sudan-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/meriam-witness-sudan-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meriam Ibrahim Witness at Sudan Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniel & Meriam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Updated Monday 2nd June 2014: <\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be a witness for Meriam Ibrahim outside the Sudanese Embassy from 2pm to 4pm on Friday 6th June 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This is despite false reports of Meriam’s imminent release (see below)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The address of the Sudanese Embassy\u00a0is 3 Cleveland Row, St. James, London SW1A 1DD<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Check the map by clicking on the postcode – it opens in a new window or link automatically).<\/p>\n

The nearest tube is Green Park<\/strong>. Turn right out of the station and walk down St James’ St to Cleveland Row. Note that the Embassy is within the congestion charge zone, so best come by tube or bus.<\/p>\n

Meriam Ibrahim is the Christian Sudanese doctor sentenced to death and to 100 lashes for apostasy, that is converting from Islam to Christianity, and for adultery, that is marrying a man who is not a Muslim. Despite Meriam being brought up by her mother as a Christian, she counts as Muslim according to Sudanese law because her father was Muslim.<\/p>\n

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The Sudanese Embassy in Cleveland Row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meriam has just given birth to a daughter in prison and has a 2-year-old son by her husband,\u00a0Daniel Wani. \u00a0The Court says she must stay in prison for two years to nurse her baby and will then be executed. \u00a0It is not know when the flogging is scheduled.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sudan court decision has at last been condemned by all UK political leaders<\/a><\/strong>, but to our knowledge, no-one has yet taken a protest to the Embassy itself. \u00a0To spare a few hours on a Friday afternoon will be the least we can do<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A couple of hours after we posted our call to witness on Saturday 31st May<\/span>, a Sudanese government foreign-office official was reported as saying that Meriam would be released ‘within days’<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0This apparent swift answer to prayer was dashed within a day<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The official had no authority to make such a statement, her husband said he had heard nothing<\/a><\/strong>, and her lawyer says the judicial process must be gone through before any release<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pastor James McConnell<\/a><\/strong> was recently reported for ‘hate speech’ for describing Islam as ‘heathen’ and ‘satanic’ and a doctrine ‘spawned in hell’.<\/p>\n

Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland First Minister, sprang to Pastor O’Connell’s defence<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers\u00a0condemned Mr McConnell’s remarks. \u00a0She said:\u00a0‘It’s a matter for the first minister how he responds to these remarks – people obviously have different perspectives. For myself, I do condemn the remarks made by Pastor McConnell and don’t believe they are justified – Islam is a peaceful religion’.<\/p>\n

So how are the Sudanese courts and rulers, and I am confident any survey would find the population of Sudan in support of them, exhibiting the peaceful aspects of this ‘peaceful religion’? Perhaps you could ask your MP to ask her that question.<\/p>\n

It would be interesting to know how Muslims in the UK view the death sentence on Meriam Ibrahim. \u00a0It is hard to find any comment, let alone condemnation, about her treatment from the Muslim Council of Britain<\/a><\/strong> or any other British Muslim group.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese Embassy website has an article opposing ‘Islamophobia’<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Acts such as the brutal sentence passed by Sudan on Meriam Ibrahim only fuel British people’s misgivings about Islam.<\/p>\n

The Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan\u00a0to United Kingdom and Ireland is His Excellency\u00a0Abdullahi H A El Azreg.<\/p>\n

The UK indirectly gives aid to Sudan. \u00a0Your MP may be contacted via the Parliament Website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Updated Monday 2nd June 2014: There will be a witness for Meriam Ibrahim outside the Sudanese Embassy from 2pm to 4pm on Friday 6th June 2014. This is despite false reports of Meriam’s imminent release (see below). The address of the Sudanese Embassy\u00a0is 3 Cleveland Row, St. James, London SW1A 1DD\u00a0(Check the map by clicking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t