A Sudanese court sentenced a pregnant 27 year old woman to death this week . Her crime was she married a Christian man , affirming her faith in Christianity . Unfortunately , this does not come as a surprise , write Maajid Nawaz and Ghaffar Hussain . The idea that Muslims who leave Islam should be killed is prominent in medieval jurisprudential texts that were written at a time when religious faith and political allegiance were inextricably linked . The case is the first of its kind for Sudan since it gained independence from Britain in 1956.
A Sudanese court sentenced a pregnant 27 year old woman to death this week . Her crime was she married a Christian man , affirming her faith in Christianity . Unfortunately , this does not come as a surprise , write Maajid Nawaz and Ghaffar Hussain . The case is the first of its kind for Sudan since it gained independence from Britain in 1956.