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| Sudan apostasy woman Mariam Ibrahim 'to campaign' | Sudan apostasy woman Mariam Ibrahim 'to campaign' |
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| Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudan woman who escaped a death sentence imposed for renouncing her faith, says she wants to campaign for others who face religious persecution. | |
| Speaking to the BBC in the US, where she is seeking asylum, Ms Ibrahim said she hopes to return to Sudan one day. | |
| Ms Ibrahim earlier received an award from a US Christian foundation. | Ms Ibrahim earlier received an award from a US Christian foundation. |
| Her sentencing - by a Sudanese court that did not recognise her Christian faith - sparked outrage this year. | Her sentencing - by a Sudanese court that did not recognise her Christian faith - sparked outrage this year. |
| Born to a Muslim father, she was raised a Christian by her mother and married a Christian man. | Born to a Muslim father, she was raised a Christian by her mother and married a Christian man. |
| Under Sudan's version of Islamic law, however, her father's religion meant that she too was still technically a Muslim. A court found her guilty of apostasy, or renouncing one's faith. | Under Sudan's version of Islamic law, however, her father's religion meant that she too was still technically a Muslim. A court found her guilty of apostasy, or renouncing one's faith. |
| Sentenced to hang, she gave birth to her daughter while shackled in prison. Under intense international pressure, her conviction was quashed and she was freed in June. | Sentenced to hang, she gave birth to her daughter while shackled in prison. Under intense international pressure, her conviction was quashed and she was freed in June. |
| She told the BBC that she had been threatened by the guards while she was in court. | She told the BBC that she had been threatened by the guards while she was in court. |
| "The judge told me that I needed to convert to Islam," she said. "And so these warnings made me anticipate I would be sentenced to death." | "The judge told me that I needed to convert to Islam," she said. "And so these warnings made me anticipate I would be sentenced to death." |
| "It wasn't easy, I can't describe it," she said, of her time in prison. "But there are others who are in worse conditions in Sudan than those I was in." | "It wasn't easy, I can't describe it," she said, of her time in prison. "But there are others who are in worse conditions in Sudan than those I was in." |
| "Sadly, this was all under the guise of the law. So instead of protecting people, the law is harming them." | "Sadly, this was all under the guise of the law. So instead of protecting people, the law is harming them." |
| On Saturday night, Ms Ibrahim received an award from a gathering of evangelical Christian conservatives in Washington, who see her treatment in Sudan as an assault on their values. | On Saturday night, Ms Ibrahim received an award from a gathering of evangelical Christian conservatives in Washington, who see her treatment in Sudan as an assault on their values. |