Intro and Thesis:
Imagine yourself chained to the floor of a prison, facing death, and fearing for your life. You didn’t do anything wrong, however, you were imprisoned because of your faith and what you chose to believe in. It’s hard to imagine that happening in the United States but it is happening in other areas of the world and it happened to Meriam Ibrahim. I believe that many individuals in the United States take the freedom of religion for granted because we often forget that religious freedom isn’t a right throughout the world. Synthesis:
The article “International Outcry Releases Sudan Women from death row,” tells the story of a young woman, Meriam Ibrahim, and her tragic imprisonment in Sudan. Meriam was raised as a Christian and married a Christian man, Daniel Wani, from the United States. However, Meriam was determined to be Muslim due to the fact that her father was Muslim. Due to this Meriam was accused of apostasy, which is the “renunciation of a…show more content… I had no idea that things like this were still happening in the world today. One of the main quotes that caught my attention was “Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy after the court insisted she was a Muslim because her father was a Muslim, even though Ibrahim said she had been brought up as a Christian after her father abandoned the family when she was six” (Sherwood). I couldn’t believe that the court simply told her she was Muslim due to the fact that her father was. Her beliefs didn’t matter and were actually illegal because another individual told her what she should believe. While reading this quote, I questioned if the charges would be the same if a man was accused of the things that Meriam was. I admire Meriam’s bravery because if I don’t know what I would do in her position. Would I claim the Muslim faith as my own or would I hold fast in my beliefs and face death? I can’t imagine her fear for herself and her
