JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in North Khartoum demolished another church building today, just a day after giving verbal notice during the congregation’s worship service, sources said. Bulldozers demolished the Sudanese Church of Christ in the Thiba Al Hamyida area of the city as church members watched, with security personnel threatening to arrest […]
Sudanese Authorities Demolish Another Church Building
Advance notice came previous day – during worship service.
June 30, 2014 By -
Meriam Ibrahim Released from Custody after Attempt to Leave Sudan
Elements within government attempting to charge mother of two with ‘fraudulent’ travel documents.
June 26, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – The Sudanese mother of two detained at a Khartoum airport on Tuesday (June 24) after her death sentence for apostasy was overturned on Monday was released today, and foreign governments are pressuring Sudan to permit her to travel outside the country, according to various sources. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim reportedly left a […]
Sudan Detains Meriam Ibrahim after Cancelling Death Sentence
Family arrested at Khartoum airport.
June 23, 2014 By -
(Updated June 24) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) agents today detained Meriam Yahia Ibrahim at the Khartoum airport, 24 hours after her death sentence for alleged apostasy was cancelled, according to her attorney. More than 40 security agents reportedly detained her along with her husband, Daniel Wani, 22-month-old son […]
Sudan’s Bombing of Nuba Mountain Civilians Kills Christian
Sudanese Air Force launches most sustained bombing since conflict erupted.
May 30, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force bombed several civilian targets in South Kordofan state this month, killing at least one Christian, targeting the region’s only hospital and damaging an orphanage school and a relief agency, sources said. Before dropping 60 bombs the past four days in areas around Kauda – termed […]
Second Woman in Jail for Alleged ‘Apostasy’ as Meriam Ibrahim Gives Birth in Prison
Like young mother on death row, her marriage is ruled illegitimate.
May 27, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – As Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, sentenced to death for leaving Islam, gave birth early this morning in prison, another Christian woman in Sudan has been jailed for “apostasy,” sources said. Ibrahim’s second child was born at about 3:30 a.m. in the Health Center Clinic of Omdurman Federal Prison for […]
Death Penalty, Flogging for Christian Woman in Sudan Consistent with Islamic Law
In sentencing Meriam Ibrahim, Sudan is far from violating sharia.
May 24, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – The sentence of 100 lashes and death by hanging that a Sudanese judge handed to Meriam Ibrahim is consistent with Islamic law, contrary to Islamic leaders and others who cite her case as an anomaly. In a case that has drawn international condemnation since Morning Star News first broke the story, […]
Judge in Sudan Confirms Death Sentence, Whipping, for Pregnant Christian Woman
Young mother refuses to recant faith.
May 15, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A judge in Sudan today confirmed the death sentence for “apostasy” (leaving Islam) for a pregnant Christian woman after she refused to recant, sources said. After her conviction on April 30, Judge Abaas Al Khalifa had given Meriam Yahia Ibrahim 15 days to recant or be executed, with the […]
Pregnant Christian Sentenced to Death for ‘Apostasy’ Pressured to Embrace Islam
Woman given three days to recant faith.
May 12, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan that sentenced a pregnant Christian to death for allegedly leaving Islam is pressuring her to recant in exchange for leniency, sources said. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a 27-year-old doctor from western Sudan in late-term pregnancy, faces execution for alleged “apostasy” and 100 lashes for marrying a […]
Pregnant Woman in Sudan Could Be Executed for ‘Apostasy,’ Whipped for ‘Adultery’
Christian accused of converting from Islam because her father was Muslim.
April 28, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A pregnant woman in Khartoum, Sudan raised as a Christian faces the death penalty for “leaving Islam” because her father was Muslim, sources said. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, 27, and her Christian husband also have a toddler son. As marriage to a Christian man is prohibited for a Muslim woman […]
Three Egyptian Cousins Go to Libya; None Comes Back Alive
Once viewed as a center of opportunity, Benghazi now seen as danger zone.
April 24, 2014 By -
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – The youngest cousin was carried back home in an ambulance, half dead with a bullet lodged in his skull. The next came back to the village just a month after he left, to be buried in a Coptic cemetery. Another cousin disappeared in 2012; he is thought to have been […]