It has so far drawn the
ire of the human race, in her homeland of Northern Sudan and across the globe.
For marrying a Christian man and denouncing her Muslim faith for Christianity,
she has to pay with her life. The woman is pregnant and her crime is leaving
Islam for Christianity. She has her story and her accusers have their too. But
that is beside the point. In this day and age, marrying form a religion of
one’s choice should not be a crime. Neither should denouncing one’s faith for
another be considered a crime. It is all the practice of freedom and
civilization as the human race. But ridiculous and
outrageous things happening in this part of Africa!
The very religion that preaches sanctity of
human life as sacred and created by God is now renegading on it. Some judge has
dug into the law and sentenced her to death. For practicing her sincere
feelings and emotions as an adult and a free one for that matter, the sincere
woman has been sentenced to death. Simply put, you must express your feelings
to a person within the confines of a religion! A penalty derived upon religion,
the very creed that sanctifies human life, has thrown this to the dungeons and
gone for her life.
This is not about fighting religious wars
fanned by fanatism and clueless theatrics, no. It is about the world and its
acceptance of civilization, respect for human life and the dignity that comes
with it. So when a penalty is meted out based on religion, to take away life,
then sorry to say but questions must be asked and answered. But perhaps we fear
because religion is regarded in some corners as a mystery, unquestionable and
free from blemish. But it is not. Whether Christianity, Buddhism or Islam, life
must be dignified and respected. We should not use it to deny others their
deserved right. When we do that, it stops being religion as it was originally
prescribed in the Holy Koran or Bible.
As the concerned authorities in Northern
Sudan go on with the case, on whether to uphold the death sentence or revoke
it, they must know that the woman has her rights, rights as a human being and
that they must be respected. Anything on the contrary will do more harm than
good to religion and all what it teaches vis-à-vis the pragmatism of the same.
Religion should be a defender for the dignity
of life and moral rights of the human race, but not machinery to propagate
oppression and defiance of these rights.
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