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Meriam Ibrahim with her newborn daughter, Maya, in the Omdurman Federal Women's Prison in Sudan earlier this year. (AP Photo/Al Fajer)
(CNSNews.com) - Meriam Ibrahim--the Sudanese woman married to a naturalized U.S. citizen who refused to renounce her Christian faith even while facing a death sentence for it--will be honored later this month in Washington, D.C., at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit.
“Meriam's bold stand for Jesus Christ as she faced death has touched the hearts of people in every nation,” said FRC President Tony Perkins. “Her incredible example of courage should inspire Christians in America to be bold and courageous in their faith as we witness growing religious hostility here in our country.”
Meriam's fagter had been a Muslim but she professed Christianity. The court also convicted her of “adultery” because it refused to recognize her marriage to a Christian as legitimate. The court sentenced her to die for her alleged “apostasy” and to be whipped for her purported “adultery.”
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