Sudan Woman Sentenced To Death For Apostasy Arrives In The US

Meriam Ibrahim Tehya Ishag, the Sudanese Christian who had been sentenced to death for converting from Islam, has arrived in the United States. She and her family are to settle in the country’s northeast. Meriam Ibrahim Tehya Ishag and her family were given a warm welcome in the US, the final leg of their trip from Sudan which began over a week ago.
The couple and their two infant children landed first in the east coast city of Philadelphia, where they were greeted by the mayor.


Meriam made international headlines in May when a Sudanese court sentenced her to death for abandoning the Islamic faith to become a Christian, an act known as apostasy. She had been raised an Orthodox Christian, but a Sudanese judge ruled that she should be regarded as a Muslim because that was her father's faith.

While in prison, she gave birth to a baby girl, her second child with her husband Daniel Wani, who is a US citizen.