Ms Ibrahim, born in eastern Sudans Gedaref state on November 3, 1987, is the daughter of a Sudanese Muslim father and an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian mother, according to a statement from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum obtained last week by AFP. Her father abandoned the family when she was five, and she was raised according to her mothers faith, it says. She has never been a Muslim in her life, said the statement signed by Father Mussa Timothy Kacho, episcopal vicar for Khartoum. Miss Ibrahim joined the Catholic church shortly before she married the Mr Wani in December 2011, the vicar said. Mr Wani was born in Khartoum but is now a U.S. citizen, the U.S. embassy confirmed to AFP last Tuesday. The case against Ms Ibrahim dates from 2013 when a group of men who claim to be Meriams relatives filed an initial legal action, the vicars statement said.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:00:43 +0000
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