Meriam Sudanese woman previously sentenced to death for apostasy now heads for new life in America

Good news for Mariam the Sudanese Christian mother who was put on death row in Sudan for refusing to convert to Islam is finally on her way to a new life in the United States. Meriam Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for apostasy after refusing to renounce her Christian faith, left Rome this morning on a flight bound for Philadelphia, according to the campaigner who secured her release.
The mother-of-two, accompanied by husband Daniel, a U.S. citizen, and children Martin and Maya will then change planes to fly to New Hampshire, according to Antonella Napoli, director of Italians for Darfur. The family of four are planning to start afresh in America in Manchester, the hometown of Daniel’s brother, Gabriel Wani.
                         
They spent the previous week in Rome after being spirited out of Sudan in the dead of night on an Italian state aircraft. Meriam and baby Maya, who was born while her mother as shackled in prison, were blessed by Pope Francis who thanked her for her courage and praised her ‘courageous witness to faith’.

The brave mother said she was a little anxious about the new start. Daniel, a trained chemist, lost his job while in Sudan supporting his wife through her ordeal in prison so they will be reliant on their extended family, at least at first.