Faith
in Christ leads judge to annul marriage, forbid seeing kids.
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Sudanese
Women
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By
Simba Tian
KHARTOUM,
Sudan, June 19 (Compass Direct News) - A year ago Mohammed Khidir
Khalil was glad his family had obtained refugee status in Egypt after
fleeing Islamic hostilities in Sudan. The 38-year-old Christian was
also heartened that his formerly unbelieving wife was attending
church with him.
Today
the convert from Islam is back in Sudan fighting to recover his
family after his in-laws compelled his wife to return to Sudan,
claiming she was Muslim and divorce him. A Sudanese court
automatically granted her custody of their two sons and forbade him
to see them, he said.
The
couple had fled Sudan just before the South Sudan vote for
independence on Jan. 9, 2011, after threats from the couples' Muslim
families and others intensified, Khalil said. He fears that if he
persists in his legal battle, he faces the threat of being accused of
"apostasy," or leaving Islam.
In
spite of the court's ruling that Khalil did not have a right to even
visit the children, in April he decided to try to see them. His
former wife's family threatened to call police if he persisted.
"I
am very upset with courts like this that bar one from seeing one's
children," he said. "I have to appeal against this.
"They
might take the case to a prosecution court, which might lead to my
sentencing to death according to Islamic apostasy law - but I am
ready for this," Khalil said. "I want the world to know
this. What crime have I done? Is it because I became a Christian? I
know if the world is watching, they will be afraid to do any harm to
me."
See
this on www.compassdirect.org
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