Brother Of Sudanese Woman Facing Death Penalty For Marrying A Christian Says 'She Deserves To Be Executed'

 
The brother to the woman who was sentence to death by hanging for abandoning Islamic faith and marrying a christain says it is either his sister comes back to their religion or die by hanging.  Speaking exclusivly on CNN from an Islamic Center in Omdurman, Al-Samani al-Hadi one of three brothers, of Mariam, told CNN that his sister's  name is Abrar al-Hadi not Mariam. He says she started primary school in 1992, and middle school eight years later.
According to Al-Hadi his mother and brothers attended their sister's university graduation ceremony in Khartoum. He claims Daniel -- whom he called "the Priest" -- fed his sister "potions" to convert her to Christianity.


Meanwhile Daniel Wani and his wife tell a very different story. They say they were introduced through his sister in 2009 and married in 2011. Mariam, as Wani calls his wife, was a committed Christian -- attending church with a frequency that far outstripped his own. Wani says he never saw the man claiming to be his brother-in-law until the trial began.

Objecting to his sister's story,  Al-Samani al-Hadi said his sister is lying, to both the Christians and the Muslims

 "Then she is lying to both the Christians and the Muslims." "She went missing in Ramadan [July] last year for 45 days. That's when we went to the police. When she was picked up we found her face was different, the way she looked at us was different. She was bewitched.
"When she stood in front of the court she said her name was Mariam Yahya. We were shocked." The case dragged on for seven months, during which time they brought fingerprint and identity documentation, photocopies of which have since been disseminated to local reporters. The documents -- which the court ruled to be genuine -- purport to show that the fingerprints recorded for the national identity card issued in the name of "Abrar" at the Sudanese government registry offices were an exact match to those the court took from Mariam. al-Hadi really said he is prepared to see the woman he claims is his sister killed, he said:

 "It's one of two; if she repents and returns to our Islamic faith and to the embrace of our family then we are her family and she is ours. We are prepared to hold her dearer than the apples of our eyes. But if she refuses she should be executed."
 Even as all eyes are on Sudan's Court of Appeal, for al-Hadi there is no turning back. "Why would I indulge my humanity, my emotions and incur the wrath of my Lord? That's not how it works for us."

 Wani told CNN that even if his wife is released, he fears for his family's safety from al-Hadi and his brothers. Wani is a U.S. citizen and is attempting to secure asylum there for his wife, along with citizenship for his two children.