Interview with Meriam Ibrahim
Bible Society; The Independent
The Sudanese mother who was sentenced to hang for refusing to give up her Christian faith, spoke in September for the first time about her ordeal, saying she never once considered giving in and that she made her stand on behalf of all those facing persecution around the world because of their religious beliefs.
Nearly two months after finally being allowed to flee her native country and taking refuge in the United States, Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, said she had been subjected to intense daily pressure while in prison to accept conversion to Islam, but that she consistently refused to give in to her captors’ demands.