Fw: Sentenced to death for her religion

Marshall - There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in signing it: Government of Sudan: Don't execute 8 months pregnant Mariam Yehya Ibrahim for being Christian By Emily Clarke Malmesbury Sign Emily's Petition Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a Sudanese mother, doctor and Christian, has been sentenced to flogging and death unless she recants her Christian faith. She is 8 months pregnant and has a two-year-old son. Please, join the international community in asking  Sudan not to execute her for being a Christian. Ibrahim is charged with adultery on the grounds that her marriage to a Christian man from South Sudan is considered void under Shari'a law, for which the penalty is flogging. She's also charged with apostasy, or abandonment of religion, for which the penalty is death.  Mariam is the daughter of a Christian woman and Muslim man.  She was raised Christian after her father left.  However, Sudanese law mandates that children born to Muslim fathers are considered Muslim. The fact that a woman could be sentenced to death for her religious choice, and to flogging for being married to a man of an allegedly different religion is abhorrent.   Call upon the government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion! Sign Emily's Petition Start your own petition The person (or organization) who started this petition is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create this petition and is not responsible for the petition content. Start a petition on Change.org Mailing Address: 216 West 104th Street, Suite #130 · New York, NY 10025 · USA