BERLIN – Sudan’s foreign minister says he hopes his country’s justice system will soon find a solution “to everyone’s satisfaction” in the case of a woman sentenced to death after refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
Ali Karti said in Berlin on Wednesday that Sudan’s government can’t interfere in the judicial process, but he urged 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim to appeal her case.
Sudan’s penal code criminalizes the conversion of Muslims to other religions, a crime punishable by death. Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but who was raised by her Christian mother, was convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says, “I hopefully made very clear that our expectation is that this inhuman death sentence against Meriam Ibrahim will be revoked” He added, “I hope that this young woman will be able to live a normal life with her children and husband soon.”
