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Muslim Attacker Sentenced in Pakistan for Killing Christian Woman

Mar. 17Justice Served as Muslim Attacker...

A trial court in Islamabad, Pakistan, has sentenced a Muslim man to life imprisonment for killing a Christian woman. Thirty-eight-year-old Najma Parveen, a mother of three, worked two jobs to make ends meet. The family had moved to Islamabad to find work prospects. One of Parveen’s jobs was to cook and clean at an Arab diplomat’s house. After...More

Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan Threaten the Lives of Christians

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India Increases Persecution of Christians—ACLJ Warns the U.N. in New...

Feb. 20India Increases Persecution of...

Christian Paralyzed After Being Shot in Pakistan Has a Message

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On September 6, 2022, the world was shocked to learn that Iran's "Morality Police" had savagely beaten 22-year-old Mahsa Amini to death because they felt the defenseless young woman wasn't wearing her headscarf correctly. The Iranian people have bravely flooded the streets in over 80 cities and towns to protest the...More

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Mariam Ibraheem had been sentenced to death for her Christian Faith. She is now free.

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Mariam Ibraheem had been sentenced to death for her Christian Faith. She is now free.

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Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian sentenced to death for her Christian faith, has been re-arrested along with her American husband and two young American children and is being held in an undisclosed “national security” facility in Sudan.

Mariam, married to an American citizen, had been sentenced to flogging and death for “apostasy” – for allegedly converting from Islam to Christianity. In court when she was told she could save her life by recanting her Christian faith, she refused.

She was forced to give birth to her American baby in prison.

She has shown courage few of us can comprehend, and now she and her family are in danger yet again.

It’s time for urgent action. We are demanding that the Obama Administration and world community immediately intervene on Mariam’s behalf. Stand with her today.

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Dear President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry,

It’s time for an urgent response. Your administration and the world community must take immediate diplomatic action on her behalf.

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MAR // 2023

Mariam Ibraheem speaks out for Pastor Peter & Michael in Sudan

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Jun 18, 2015

Mariam Ibraheem speaks out for Pastors Peter & Michael in Sudan.

Mariam Ibraheem and the Power of Prayer

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May 07, 2015

As millions of people gathered around our country today to celebrate the National Day of Prayer , I had the privilege of raising a critical issue at an important event in Virginia. At the Suffolk Leadership...

Christian Church Under Attack as Christians Are Arrested and Tortured...

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Oct 30, 2018

The Church is under attack in Sudan, and Christians are being arrested and brutally tortured to the brink of death for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We recently told you about 12 Christian men who were...

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On Thursday, May 14, 2014, a Sudanese judge sentenced Mariam Ibraheem to death. Her crime? She's a Christian. Raised as a Christian by her Christian mother, the judge ruled her an apostate - a crime punishable by death in Sudan - simply because her father was Muslim.

Mariam gave birth to an American girl in the prison, and her son, a 20-month-old American toddler, languished with her in the prison. She had been sentenced to receive 100 lashes and then be executed for her faith. Faced with torture then death, Mariam remained courageously steadfast. The Sudanese judge gave her three days to recant her faith, but she refused, declaring that she was "never a Muslim" and will "remain a Christian." Mariam faced death for her faith, but on July 24, 2014, after hundreds of thousands spoke out on her behalf on Be Heard, after the ACLJ and many other Christian organizations fought for her freedom, she left Sudan with her family, free to come home to the United States. While so many Christians still face death in Sudan and elsewhere across the world, we are grateful that Mariam is safe and free to worship her Savior

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