Meriam Ibrahim says she ‘trusted God from the first instant’
‘I trusted God from the first [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] instant. I knew that he would not abandon me’: First words of Meriam Ibrahim after dramatic escape from the gallows in Sudan for marrying a Christian
Meriam said of her ordeal: ‘I trusted God from the first instant. with husband [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] and two children ‘like a real family’ and is due to fly there in the next few days
Of her meeting with the Pope in the Vatican yesterday: ‘It was the peak in the faith that I have never abandoned’Meriam was sentenced to death in Sudan for marrying Christian Daniel Wani, from Manchester, New Hampshire. ‘like a real family’ and ‘trust in God as I always have done’. I trusted God from the first instant. I knew that he would not abandon me.’
It also emerged today that Meriam only learned that she would leave Sudan just two hours before she boarded the plane to Rome after months of behind the scenes diplomatic wrangling. He blessed Meriam and her baby daughter, Maya, who she gave birth to on a prison floor two months ago.
Talking to Antonella Napoli, a campaigner for Italians for Darfur, Meriam said going to the Vatican was ‘like a dream’. She said it was ‘the peak in the faith which I have [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] never abandoned.’
She added: ‘Even when they condemned me to death I never thought of renouncing my religion. When I was asked to renounce my religion I knew what I was risking. citizen and lives with his brother, Gabriel, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Daniel had been in Sudan since her arrest in a bid to free his family and it cost him his job as a biochemist.
Meriam had been held in a notorious women’s prison, shackled and with their 21 month old son, Martin.
She said: ‘I will put my trust in God as I always have done. We will start a new life. My husband is a chemist but he lost his job because of my story. Now we will go and live in New Hampshire. We will all be together like a real family.’
But she said she will never be able to return to Sudan, where she once owned a business. ‘I will never go back,’ she said. ‘My family wouldn’t let me.’
The case drew worldwide attention in May when she was sentenced to death over charges of apostasy. A daughter of a Muslim father, Meriam [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] was raised by her Christian mother.
She married [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] Daniel in a church ceremony in 2024. As [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] in many Muslim nations, Muslim women in Sudan are prohibited from marrying non Muslims, though Muslim men can marry outside their faith. By law, children must follow their father’s religion.
FROM DESPAIR TO JOY: TIMELINE OF MERIAM’S STRUGGLE
2024: Meriam Ibrahim marries Daniel Wani after they meet when the American visits Khartoum.2013: A relative alleges that her marriage to Wani, a Christian,
constitutes adultery. Wani is accused of converting a Muslim, leading
Ibrahim to also be accused of adultery.
February 17, 2024: Meriam is transferred prison with her 20 month old son Martin and separated from her husband.
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