Proof The Bible Is True

She gave birth shackled to the floor on death row.

 

Mariam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian and mother of two, had been charged with apostasy and adultery for marrying a Christian man. As punishment for her crimes, she was to be lashed 100 times and hung by the neck until dead.

 

Like Ibrahim, pastors Michael Yat and Peter Yen were sentenced to death in a Sudanese prison–all for professing faith in Jesus.

 

Ibrahim was released in 2014, thanks to an international outcry and advocacy by Open Doors and other organizations, and the pastors were released in 2016.

 

But their harrowing stories of imprisonment offer a glimpse into the harsh reality of persecution in Sudan, which has remained on Open Doors’ World Watch List since 1993, coming in at No. 4 on the newly released 2018 World Watch List–up one spot from No. 5 in 2017.

 

‘One Religion-One Culture’

 

In Sudan, persecution is systemic. At times, it’s reminiscent of ethnic cleansing. Deeply rooted in Islam, the government strictly implements a “one-religion, one-culture” policy, resulting in bitter conflicts between Arabs and Africans, Muslims and Christians.

 

Read More: Faith in the Crossfire-How Sudanese Believers Are Living Boldly in a Deadly Culture – Open Doors USA