Thursday, May 15, 2014

Pregnant Christian Woman Sentenced To Death For Her Faith, In Sudan - The Latest In Christian Persecution

By Susan Duclos




The persecution of Christians around the globe is not only continuing but is increasing with the latest story of a 27 year-old pregnant Christian woman in Sudan has just been sentenced to 100 lashes AND death by hanging for renouncing Islam, according to CNN.


Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, was convicted by a Khartoum court this week of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith and adultery for marrying a Christian man.

"The verdict is contrary to commitments Sudan has made in its own Constitution and commitments made under regional and international law; Meriam has been convicted solely on account of her religious convictions and personal status," said Katherine Perks with the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies. 

"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 and should never be even considered," Manar Idriss, Amnesty International's Sudan researcher, said in a statement.

This is just the most recent headlined news showing Christians being persecuted around the globe as shown by Persecution.org.

Other examples shown include, but are not limited to;

FAR EAST

2014-05-15 Pastor and Nine Believers Detained For 6 Months in Central China

2014-05-14 House Church Pastor Beaten Into A Coma by State Church Staffs in China

2014-05-13 Facing Crackdown, Bethany House Church in China Seeks Help

2014-05-13 North Korea Blames Christian Missionaries for Internal Difficulties

2014-05-12 Stay Alert and Pray: More Churches and Crosses Demolished in China


MIDDLE EAST


2014-05-14 Sixty-Eight Lawyers in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy

2014-05-14 Iranian Christians Tortured In Prison

2014-05-14 Iraq’s Vanishing Christians


ASIA AND OTHERS


2014-05-14 The Rise of Anti-Christianity in the West

2014-05-14 HGTV Cancels Real Estate Show Over Hosts Christian Values