Commendable press coverage and social media efforts pushed the Sudanese apostasy case of Meriam Ibrahim into the spotlight. Protestors, activists, and members of Congress demonstrated outside the White House on the issue, and the Sudanese ambassador to the United States invited activists to visit Meriam. Last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his silence and called on Sudan to respect Meriam’s fundamental right to freedom of religion. And today, in a heartening turn of events, it appears that a Sudanese appeals court has reversed the ruling against Meriam.
But in all the coverage a key fact has been largely ignored, which sheds significant light on what this case means to Sudan and religious liberty there: Meriam’s Sudanese attorney is a Muslim man.
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