{"id":7706,"date":"2014-06-12T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:06:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:06:59","slug":"meriam-ibrahim-sudan-embassy-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/meriam-ibrahim-sudan-embassy-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Meriam Ibrahim – Sudan Embassy responds"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sudan<\/a>
Witnessing outside the Sudanese Embassy on 6th June<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sudan Embassy has responded to a letter from Christian Voice protesting at the sentence and incarceration of Meriam Ibrahim.<\/p>\n

Meriam Ibrahim is the Christian Sudanese doctor sentenced to death<\/a><\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

On Friday 6th June 2014, Christian Voice held a witness at the Sudanese Embassy<\/a><\/strong> jointly with the Pakistani Christian Association, who also fight for persecuted Christians.<\/p>\n

Khalid Al Mubarak,\u00a0Media Counsellor at the Embassy, said this in an email just received:<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Green,
\nThank you very much for your letter. H.E. The Ambassador appreciates your interest in the welfare and stability of our country.
\nAs far as Mrs. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag is concerned, we didn\u2019t issue a press release about her because it would not be appropriate (in the Sudan and most countries) to comment on a court case which is at a preliminary court. Court cases pass through several stages of appeal and higher courts before a final verdict is reached.
\nThe time for comment is after the final conclusion of the case.
\nHowever, I would like to assure you that the Sudan (according to our interim constitution) is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious country. We have Christians in our Cabinet and in all walks of life. Our ancestors embraced Christianity before some southern European states and we acknowledge that in our National Museum where the remnants of our old churches are preserved and displayed.
\nA Coptic Christian Sudanese lawyer visiting the UK for an Oxford conference has declared last year that he has never felt discrimination because of his religious belief. Jews and Christians are called \u201cPeople of the book\u201d in the Koran and we are instructed to deal with them in good faith and amicably.
\nMoreover, in Islam, one cannot be a Muslim if one does not believe in Moses and Jesus.
\nThanks again for your letter and rest assured that the human rights and religious rights of all Sudanese are treasured and well-preserved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sadly, this amounts to flannel.<\/p>\n

\"Ambassador<\/a>
Ambassador of Sudan to the UK, Abdullahi Al Azreg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The world will judge whether Sudan treasures and preserves the ‘human rights and religious rights of all Sudanese’ and whether the ‘People of the book’ are\u00a0dealt with ‘in good faith and amicably’ not by words but according to whether the verdict and sentence passed against Meriam Ibrahim is lifted and whether the Islamic apostasy law remains in force in the country.<\/p>\n

We are also aware that Jesus Christ, the crucified, risen, ascended, glorified Son of God and King of kings is downgraded in Islam to the level of a prophet.<\/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 address of the Sudanese Embassy\u00a0is 3 Cleveland Row, St. James, London\u00a0SW1A 1DD<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The email address is\u00a0pressmediasudan@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Britain has been reported<\/a><\/strong> as giving\u00a0\u00a3175m of aid to Sudan since 2003<\/span>\u00a0 Your MP may be contacted via the\u00a0Parliament Website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Sudan Embassy has responded to a letter from Christian Voice protesting at the sentence and incarceration of Meriam Ibrahim. 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 […]<\/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":[33],"tags":[1284,1283],"class_list":["post-7706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-freedom","tag-khalid-al-mubarak","tag-meriam-ibrahim"],"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