HANGING CHRISTIANS , ONE PATHETICALLY WEAK STATEMENT FROM OUR WHITE HOUSE

WE WONDERED WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE MAY HAVE

 SAID ABOUT  DR. MARIAM YAHIA IBRAHIM'S DEATH SENTENCE IN THE

 SUDAN FOR BEING A CHRISTIAN. ITS BELOW....PATHETIC , WEAK, SHAMEFUL

Photo shopped White House by Bing Public Domain

EDITOR's NOTE: Dr. Ishag was eventually released through Italian efforts and now resides in the United States no thanks to the President, or State Department. Today 12/11/2014 there is actually a proposal being bandied about the United Nations General Assembly proposing a global convention making criticism of Islam a crime in the signatory nations. How can free people not be critical of a political philosophy masquerading as a religion that hangs people for marrying non Muslims, imprisons children, beheads and stones people and routinely amputates the limbs of people convicted of theft? NOW CONSIDER THIS THE PRESENT OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT HE IS INCLINED TO SIGN OFF ON SUCH A CONVENTION.  Of course no treaty can become the law of the land without Senate approval but then this president has never paid much attention to inconvenient aspects of the Constitution.

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

May 15, 2014

Today in Sudan, Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag was sentenced to be flogged for adultery and to be hanged to death for apostasy because she married a Christian man.  We strongly condemn this sentence and urge the Government of Sudan to meet its obligations under international human rights law.  We call on the Government of Sudan to respect Ms. Ishag's right to freedom of religion, a universal human right enshrined in Sudan's own 2005 Constitution as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 

Since 1999, Sudan has been designated as a Country of Particular Concern for its ongoing, egregious, and systematic violations of religious freedom.  We continue to urge Sudan to fulfill its constitutional promise of religious freedom, and to respect the fundamental freedoms and universal human rights of all its people.

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EDITOR's NOTE: No where in the brief weak, protest to this horror of human rights does the White House even once protest the fact that Dr. Ibrahim's husband was also arrested, though later released, and that he is an American citizen with all of the potential implications for citizenship that confers on his children. There is no mention of this American's children being presently imprisoned with their mother or the court's plans to eliminate all custody rights to these children from the American father as soon as they murder his wife for the "crime" of being a Christian.

  Did no one do their homework at the State Department or the White House since the letter fails to point out these aspects of the case?  The distinct legal probability that the Children in this case are American citizens is not brought up. Why are we so particularly outraged by this case and the lack of U.S. action? We are merchant mariners and travel the world, if the U.S. government won't come to the aid of an American father who is about to have his wife beaten and hanged and his children taken from him not only in violation of international law and and every conceivable principle of human rights but in direct violation of the relevant nation's own constitution, we humble merchant mariners can expect nothing when in a jam in a foreign port. As mariners we have known for about six years now that on foreign soil we are on our own. If America can't even exercise strong diplomatic language, much less the raw power it takes to impress barbarians who pass for judges in the Sudan, what hope do ordinary citizens have if they encounter troubles with authorities in foreign lands. Americans, don't travel or do business outside of the Commonwealth Nations until the man in the White House is replaced. This case demonstrates the utter incompetence, self serving nature, and complete uselessness of our present Federal Government. This is a pretty weak suggestion, but what's left. Don't tolerate any aid of any sort to Sudan, not a penny out of the American treasury to people who hang Christians for being Christian. Don't buy any product associated with the Sudan. Raise holy hell if the U.S. ever considers sending troops to the Sudan to protect the regime, or anyone else but the threatened Christians until Sudan assures freedom of religion to all of its citizens as its constitution calls for, and as described in the United Nations Universal declaration of Human Rights.

BEACH SAFETY

RIP CURRENTS:

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 Linked above and here is an AOL presentation on recent Rip Current events at various American beaches so far this late Spring / summer. The number of incidents this early in the beach season is a bit disturbing. There is also a video associated with this link. Rip currents can occur on any ocean beach and are difficult to detect. NOAA advises that if you are caught in one don't  try to swim against it towards the beach. These currents are usually related to shallow subsurface natural channeling and are relatively narrow. NOAA Advises swimming calmly parallel to the beach . When you feel the current subside you are back in relatively slack water and can return to the beach. Don't panic. Some Rip currents can be many yards wide but they are a narrow natural phenomena by swimming parallel with the beach you exit the current. We suggest that all beach goers this season check out the links above. But we also suggest a little deeper probing into beach and boating safety with our recommended expert
  MARIO VITTONE  Mario was rescuing the distressed on and in the water back when Noah was an apprentice seaman but has also amassed a broad knowledge of water safety preventative and cautionary knowledge that he shares with the world on his blog linked to at his name above.
We suggest that before you pack up the family for the or even a local pool that you spend some time at his blog spot. Last year we linked our readers to an especially important post of his in which he described what a drowning person, especially a child actually looks like. Forget about the movie image of yelling and arms waving about, when drowning is really about occur, things are very quiet and calm looking. Children have drowned in pools close to parents who remained unaware that they were in the last stages of drowning. We don't intend to tell you it all. Our jobs is to locate, evaluate, organize and link you to the English speaking World's best maritime information resources. So We suggest that use the link to Mario before you go in or near the water this season.

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Dr. Ibrahim's Husband's Congressional Delegation asked the State Department to Intervene

Editorial Note 2/9/2015: Dr.Ibrahim, wife of an American citizen and her two children were eventually freed by Italian efforts. The American State Department proved useless. Meanwhile Christians are still being hanged and America still pays foreign aid to their persecutors.   ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS OF THE SUDAN LIVE UNDER THIS SHADOW. DESPITE A SUDANESE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THEY ARE BEING CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY RADICAL ISLAMIC JUDGES OF LATE AT A RATE OF ABOUT TWO A MONTH. 

Until the West speaks up against this barbarism and demands that the Sudan,Saudi Arabia,and Iran and others comply with the United Nations declarations on universal human rights which include freedom of religion, and in the case of Sudan, comply with their own constitution the persecution of Christians including their executions will continue and accelerate. In Sudan one of the Christians on death row is a 27 year old medical doctor and mother of two imprisoned with her children.Her only "crime"is being a Christian.  She is married to an American. Below is the plea from her husband's Congressional delegation to the Secretary of State of the United States after the U.S. legation in Khartoum indicated that they "didn't have time for this". Tomorrow we will print the Administration's public release on the situation. Shamefully it is far weaker than the official British response and weaker than the response of UK Muslims who have protested the death sentence of Dr. Ibrahim. 

 Recently we reprinted a letter from a Christian Bishop in the Sudan protesting the death sentence of Dr. Ibrahim where in he also noted an ongoing trail of an unnamed young man for "Apostasy" by being a Christian. We simply don't know what these barbaric judges are up to in the Sudan. We know about Miriam Ibrahim, imprisoned with her two children because of her American husband. How rapidly these judges are condemning Christians to the gallows is unknown and unknowable. But we fear it is far more common than what the international media reports. It is far more common than the occasional case that makes it through America's big media infotainment driven editorial processes. The United States sent soldiers to liberate the Muslim nation of Kuwait, protect Saudi Arabia, and to protect Muslims in Bosnia. Why can't we at least speak out forcefully for two children and the wife of an American citizen? .....of course our President has publicly stated that we are "not a Christian nation". So that means armies to the rescue of imperiled Muslims, billions in aid to Muslim Nations, but we "don't have time" to get involved with the murder by judicial process of Christians including families of American citizens?       

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Ben Wakana, 202-225-5456

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and U.S. Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) today urged the U.S. State Department to use every means of leverage at its disposal to ensure the release of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag, a pregnant Sudanese woman who has been sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging for apostasy because she married a Christian man. Ms. Ibrahim is married to Daniel Wani, a man originally from Sudan with U.S. citizenship living in New Hampshire.

"Meriam is eight months pregnant and is being held in a women's prison in Sudan with her nearly two-year-old son.  She has done nothing wrong.  No man or woman anywhere should be sentenced to death by hanging for exercising the basic right of religious freedom," Shaheen and Shea-Porter wrote.

They continued, "Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her toddler must be released immediately, and we urge the State Department to use every means of leverage at its disposal to ensure the release of this young woman and her son."

On May 15, Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag was sentenced to be flogged for adultery and to be hanged for apostasy.

The Sudanese Interim Constitution of 2005 states that the government would respect the religious freedom of its people as a universal human right.

Full text of the letter to Secretary of State John Kerry is below.

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May 22, 2014

The Honorable John F. Kerry, Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Secretary Kerry,

We write to express our deep concern about the recent death sentence issued in Sudan for a pregnant 27-year old mother who is the wife of one of our New Hampshire constituents.  Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag is a Sudanese woman married to Daniel Wani, a man originally from Sudan with U.S. citizenship living in New Hampshire.  Meriam, a Christian, was arrested in Sudan for violating Shari'ah marriage laws, and when she refused to renounce her Christian faith, was sentenced to death.  

Meriam is eight months pregnant and is being held in a women's prison in Sudan with her nearly two-year-old son.  She has done nothing wrong.  No man or woman anywhere should be sentenced to death by hanging for exercising the basic right of religious freedom.

As you work to address the many complex and global challenges facing the U.S. and the world, we must remember the critical importance of human rights and religious tolerance to international stability and our own national security.  The U.S. must remain committed to the promotion of human rights in our foreign policy.  

Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her toddler must be released immediately, and we urge the State Department to use every means of leverage at its disposal to ensure the release of this young woman and her son.  

We also urge the State Department to continue its efforts to ensure that human rights and religious freedom are key components of our bilateral relations with Sudan and U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy at-large.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.  

Sincerely,

Jeanne Shaheen            
U.S. Senator

Carol Shea-Porter
Member of Congress

Shortly we'll post the Administration's communication to Sudan....so weak its shocking.

THE GREAT NAMAZU CALLING THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD, AGAIN

EDITORS NOTE: HELP THE GREAT CATFISH GET THE WORD OUT, FORWARD TO A FRIEND.  But be sure to point out to people in EU states the required info about "cookies" linked below in our safety and security policy. 

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A NAMAZU LAMENT

AUSTRALIA, CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN,NEW ZEALAND, BERMUDA, BELIZE, SOUTH AFRICA WHERE ARE YOU?  THE GREAT CATFISH IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU?

 The Great Namazu As He Most Often Appears Today

Ahoy non American English speaking bipeds! I've been trying to reach you! You have not been clicking into the blog. My mail apparently isn't reaching you and this hawk got my carrier pigeon.

                    

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So I'm sending this out into the world via our faithful readers and asking them to pass it on to every person they may know in a nation where English is an official language. Our most detailed statistics are in and despite my directly addressing all of the English speaking bipeds on matters of utmost communal naval and maritime importance and publishing this call once before; I can't help but notice that we still have 64 times more Russian readers than British. Thankfully we no longer go two weeks with no visitors from the English speaking nations other than the United States. It is vital that we chat. So again I'm asking my regular readers to please forward this to everyone you know in the English speaking nations.

WHO AM I, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM ME?
 I am Namazu, a 3,000 year old giant catfish and former demigod formerly honored in Japan as being responsible for coastal earth quakes and tidal waves or tsunamis. Now, before you go dismissing me as some sort of pagan myth. I'd like you to keep in mind that the American Religious Right accused me of that when I first started employment with the American Admiralty Books  (AAB) organization and its parent group American Admiralty Information Services (AAIS). As I pointed out to them in my defense of the reemployment rights of former demigods,  I in fact, was not responsible for violent earth tremors or tsunamis.  I'm merely a personification of those forces of nature and I didn't get to choose the job title of "demigod".  I am in fact, a monotheist though not formally a Christian.  As I pointed out in my defense of the reemployment rights of former demigods I am after all, a giant catfish, and as such not eligible for baptism; that being reserved for repentant bipeds like your selves. I now count among my regular readers quite a few members of the American Religious Right. After the Japanese outgrew any use for "demigods" I found myself for the first time in 3,000 years of existence unemployed. Like a lot of former celebrities I tried to cash in on my notoriety. I posed as a cover model for new wave rock album: 

 Namazu by Oh land

I made an appearance in my semi human apparition as a performance artist.

You can view it on YouTube at this link:  Namazu Live Performance    I appeared in an animated film, you may view the trailer here Namazu Video Trailer and I modeled for artist Eske Kath here is a sample of his work featuring yours truly:

  

http://www.eskekath.dk/

Not that the fine arts were new to me or I new to them as a subject. People had been fascinated with my images for thousands of years as illustrated by this ancient wood print. 

 

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But these occasional gigs weren't really very satisfying after 3,000 years as a demigod. I was depressed for a while then took a deep self assessment. I found that I'm 3,000 years old , now that's experienced.  I live at the bottom of the Sea of Japan, pardon the pun but you've got to credit me with some depth. Really despite the pun, I've been to the heights worshiped as a demigod, to the depths working for a pittance as a model, that's pretty much the full gambit of work/economic experience for an intelligent life form. I really do have depth. I have always lived in the ocean, that makes 3,000 years of maritime specific experience. The other things I have done in my career have given me poise and confidence in my ability to communicate. After due consideration I determined that I should be a writer. So I assumed by fully human persona ( a very old Japanese man, I can not hold it together for very long, if it fails on me I look like my apparition on the album cover, human body , catfish head) and determined to set out seeking employment. Given my back ground I wanted to interview with maritime publishers. Given my appearance and potential for a sudden and uncontrolled change to catfish head mode  

I knew I had to find a town that had maritime publishers and wouldn't blink an eye at a catfish headed person. I needed a port town open to strange sights. There was only one place to go:

Photo: "Balconies on Royal Street " by

Jan Kronsell GNU Free Documentation License

NEW ORLEANS!

And that's how I walked into the offices of American Admiralty Books one winter. It turned out it was a good thing that it was winter because the head honcho OG (short for Old Guy) and his wife ("She who would be obeyed") spend summers in Annapolis. I caught him in, we had an interview, there was a meeting of the minds and the rest is history. I'm now a senior maritime analyst and Dean of the Namazu School of Climatology helping the AAB pursue its mission of organizing and making available all of the maritime literature, technical and literary, all of the videos, all of the links to maritime information in the English language available to the entire English speaking world. And yet today, a year into the quest we have more Russians, Poles, Chinese, and French reading us in translation than British readers. I have been addressing "the English speaking bipeds" for over several years now on naval. coast guard, and merchant marine subjects, on national policies for the maritime sector, often speaking directly to Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Belize, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and South Africa. But in fact you haven't been reading my irreplaceable wisdom. I have been trying to tell you the truth about climate change and what should really be done about it. I've described how the English speaking world is being hemmed in by growing naval powers while English speaking naval power is shrinking, and what to do about it. I have described the common sense solution to so many maritime and watery issues, yet you , the non American English speaking world have not been tuned in. 

 English  is the official international language of maritime transportation. Merchant Marine Officers all over the world are tested for minimum proficiency. Helm and engine orders by pilots to helmsmen across the globe are given in English. It wasn't the Americans who made English the world's standard language for maritime activities. It wasn't the Americans who established naval customs now observed all over the world, indeed the American Navy adopted British naval traditions. But if you are not tuned in they are about to organize it for retrieval without input from anywhere but America.

BRITS! AUSSIES! KIWIS! BAHAMANIANS, BELIZEANS! SOUTH AFRICANS!  

IS THIS THE ONLY FLAG THAT WILL FLY OVER THE GREAT ON LINE LIBRARY OF THE MARITIME LITERATURE OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD?
Join the dialogue today, check in and use the Comment section to tell us what you think. Dare to read, think, and write. Check out :
AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS and start to plant these flags and others on the grounds of the World's growing on line library of English language maritime literature and information. 


  

 

                                                                                                                         

A BEASTIE BOOK SELECTION: WHAT FISH DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

BEASTIE MAKES HIS FIRST BOOK RECOMMENDATION

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Beastie, Epic Fish Video Editor and Contributor to the FISHING Section

I'd like to thank Namazu for the warm welcome to the American Admiralty Books staff and Chief Editor Johnas Presbyter for his vote of confidence in retaining me after the demise of the ANGRY FISH CAM. As a non biped attempting to communicate with the biped world the accommodation by AAB of the hydrophones and the unique work at home rules are keeping with the best intentions of the growing body of American law intended to make employment more inclusive of those of us who are a bit different. Personally of course I'm a citizen of the World Ocean, but if I were a biped I'd want to be an American! I don't care what their enemies say about them, Americans are the most open minded, inclusive, fair, and friendly bipeds on the planet. I was very pleased to accept the offer by our editor in chief to pick a book from our expanding FISHING section to recommend. I have chosen 

                   

Here is an excerpt from the AAB review from our FISHING section:

"To me the ultimate "Insider" in fishing would be a large predatory fish. But then again a small bait fish would have a unique perspective as well. Unfortunately none of these real "insiders" are talking so you'll pretty much have to take the author's word for it when he tells you this book contains things that fish really don't want you to know."
 
Well, obviously things have changed in our Fishing section. At least one large predatory fish is talking in the first person. Having examined this volume I have to say that while the author had to rely on observations of fish behavior and then infer the things that we'd just as soon keep secret he hasn't strayed far from the mark. I have to endorse this selection as accurate while advocating that you confine use of the insights to the collection of the smaller species that we jointly pursue and  show a little more respect for the man sized and larger species.

NEWS FLASH PHILIPPINE LAWYERS ONE, DRAGON ZERO

UNITED NATIONS  PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION (PD)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration is one of several bodies that arbitrates cases related to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). While China is a signatory, it says South China Sea disputes are exempted because of a 2006 declaration it made to the UN. However this international tribunal has given China six months to respond to legal claims by the Philippines regarding disputes between the countries over the South China Sea.
The Philippines back in March presented a 4,000-page “memorial” to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, asking the tribunal to invalidate the “nine-dash line” – a demarcation on Chinese maps that includes much of the South China Sea and suggests that China claims most of the waters.

China has refused to participate in the case. But the tribunal gave it until December 15 to file a response, citing an obligation to give “each party a full opportunity to be heard and to present its case”. 

 If China defaults by not showing up they have no legal leg to stand on in their outrageous territory grabbing behavior in the China Seas. If they do show up and argue, they will lose, but at least can argue that the point is undecided for while longer while continuing to use their Coast Guard like a blunt instrument. When either the Dragon fails to show up in court, or the gavel pounds out a final decision, China will unarguably be in the wrong in terms of international law. No nation in the region or using the waters of the region need listen to the Dragon's Coast Guard outside of China's own territorial waters, and to a more limited extent, within their UN recognized Chinese EEZ. Any enforcement action by the Dragon's coast guard outside of the confines of their own undisputed waters will be recognized as grossly illegal vice arguable. Any enforcement action out side of Chinese UNCLOS defined waters could be an act of war. 

 Of course the Dragon is a thug state and might well decide to continue with its unwelcome ways. If they do, eventually it will come to shooting and the Dragon is going to be surprised by the strength of its neighbors and their supporters. As we have predicted before it would spell regime change in Beijing. The Dragon's surest guarantee of access to the far Pacific is friendly relations with the Island states that surround the sea approaches to the Dragon Lair. Despite the vast size of their navy and now coast guard these fleets could literally be "fish in a barrel" to a combined naval effort. No one has any interest in invading the Dragon's mainland, the Communist won't be able to convince the populace for very long that there is any actual threat to them other than the economic ruin that China's naval adventures have brought them. We predict communist officials hung from lamp posts if the Dragon starts naval shooting and then tries to hold out for too long, not from invaders but from the Chinese people who have been anticipating increased prosperity that can only come from uninterrupted trade.  

 A loss at court by either trial or default however, gives the Dragon a face saving chance to reverse it disastrous naval policies. They can appear to be reluctantly complying with decided international law in slowly retreating from their forward positions in other peoples waters, and gradually reducing their over sized coast guard to the size they really need for maritime law enforcement, environmental protection, and search and rescue inside their actual lawfully recognized waters. We don't care to predict which way the Dragon will swim. We must however acknowledge the legal scholarship and skilled advocacy of the Philippine's lawyers. They may not have slayed the dragon at the door yet, but they have backed it to a wall. At the moment they deserve the international spot light and the thunderous applause of the global legal profession. This was one of the finest hours of the legal profession. With a luck, namely the application of common sense by the Dragon, this may prove to be the legal argument that stopped both territorial theft and a naval war. The next challenge for the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and others is, can their lawyers sort out the sea border issues between and among them, including the few legitimate contests with the dragon?  What the region needs is peace and cooperative development of the ocean resources. This is best for everyone including the Dragon.


                                           

A SECOND CHRISTIAN NECK IS IN THE NOOSE IN SUDAN. THE RADICAL ISLAMIC JUDGES DO NOT INTEND TO OBEY THE SUDANESE CONSTITUTION UNTIL THEY HANG EVERY CHRISTIAN IN THE NATION

A SECOND CHRISTIAN NECK IS IN THE NOOSE. READ PARAGRAPH 5 of the reprinted letter below. This young man will not receive the attention that Miriam has (so far with no result), has none of the press attention, and will probably be hanged quietly and quickly in violation of not only every principal of human rights but the specific Prohibition of the Constitution of the Sudan cited in this letter. He has no American connection. Every Christian in Sudan is in peril from these barbarians in judges robes. The rest of the government of Sudan seems afraid to enforce their own constitution against these murderous thugs. 

12/18/2014 Editorial Note: We are sorry to report that after Mariam Yahya was finally released to Italian diplomats nothing more has been heard of this second known case. We have been unable to find any media coverage of this second Christian slated for hanging in the Sudan and fear that absent the global media coverage that saved Miriam from the noose this judicial murder may have been carried out. Unfortunately we also don't know just how many of these judicial murders are in the planning pipeline. The Sudanese Muslims apparently plan to rid their nation of Christians by the simple expedient of hanging them. The U.S. State Department could care less as relations with the Sudan continue as though normal. 

Internal Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
Khartoum-Sudan

Press Statement

Re: Mariam Yahya Ibrahim and Death Sentence by Court in Sudan


Introduction:
On Thursday 15th. May 2014 in Haj-Yousif Court, Mariam Yahya was sentenced to death and 100 lashes for changing from being Muslim to Christian and for committing adultery because she is married to a Christian man.

 Mariam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag was born from a Christian mother (Ethiopian Orthodox) and a Muslim father. Her father left them when she was age 6, and she was raised by her mother as a Christian. Mariam is married to a Sudanes / American Christian husband. Mariam was sentenced to death for converting to Christianity simply because her father was a Muslim. The fact is that Mariam has been a Christian since as she was brought up by her mother who has been a Christian. According to the report, Mariam, the husband and their son were all arrested because they had changed their religion, but then, the husband was released, Mariam is sentenced to death and 100 lashes for her adultery because she accepted to marry a Christian man. Their marriage is revoked. Now, Mariam and her son are in prison pending until she gives birth then she will be executed.

1. According to the above, Mariam has never been a Muslim since her birth. The fact that she was born from a Muslim father, this does not make her a Muslim in any way because she was brought up by her mother as a Christian.

2. The verdict reached by the court on Mariam is a clear and direct persecution on Christians and the Church in the Sudan.

3. The verdict on Mariam Yahya is a Human Right and Religious violation against Christians in the Sudan

4. This sentence is even against Sudan Constitution 2005 Article 38 on Freedom of Creed and Worship. "Every person shall have the right to the freedom of religious creed and worship, and to declare his/her religion or creed and manifest the same, by way of worship, education, practice or performance, subject to requirements of the law and public order, no person shall be coerced to adopt such faith, that he/she does
not voluntarily consent”.

5. There is again another court case going on right now in Kalakla, Khartoum of a young man who has been accused of being converting from Muslim to Christian according the Almeghar News Paper of today 21st  May 2014. This young man may face the same fate 
as Mariam did. 

Episcopal Church of Sudan Internal Province hereby condemns this court decision and requests the Ministry of Justice to review the case of MariamYahya and release her immediately. She is free to believe in religion of her choice. Episcopal Church of Sudan also requests the authorities in Kalakla free the young man. The last judgment on the faith should be left to God alone. The spirit of dialogue, coexistence and love that the President of the Republic called upon should be upheld.



The Most Revd. Ezekiel Kondo
Archbishop-elect and
Bishop of Khartoum
21st  May 2014

Email: ecs_bishop_khartoum@kastanet.org