Philadelphia Welcomes Woman Sentenced To Death in Sudan For Being Christian
Meriam
Yahia Ibrahim is assisted by Italian deputy foreign minister Lapo
Pistelli as she arrives with her children at the Ciampino airport in
Rome on July 24th.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for practicing Christianity landed this afternoon at Philadelphia International Airport on her way to her new home in the United States.
Meriam Ibrahim was arrested in February and sentenced to death on May 15th for practicing Christianity and refusing to renounce her faith. The penalty for that in Sudan is death by hanging.
She was also charged with adultery for marrying a Christian, which carries a punishment of one hundred lashes.
For full story got to: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for practicing Christianity landed this afternoon at Philadelphia International Airport on her way to her new home in the United States.
Meriam Ibrahim was arrested in February and sentenced to death on May 15th for practicing Christianity and refusing to renounce her faith. The penalty for that in Sudan is death by hanging.
She was also charged with adultery for marrying a Christian, which carries a punishment of one hundred lashes.
For full story got to: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/