Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who escaped a death sentence after she was accused of renouncing her faith, says she wants to campaign for others who face religious persecution.
"Why I Want To Fight For Persecuted Christians"
Ibrahim who now lives in the United States told BBC that she hopes to return to Sudan one day
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Ibrahim who now lives in the United States told BBC that she hopes to return to Sudan one day.
She told the BBC that she had been threatened by the guards while she was in court.
Born to a Muslim father, she was raised a Christian by her mother and married a Christian man.
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Under Sudan's version of Islamic law, however, her father's religion meant that she too was still technically a Muslim. A court found her guilty of apostasy, or renouncing one's faith.
Her sentencing by a Sudanese court sparked media outrage early this year.
On Saturday night, Ms Ibrahim received an award from a gathering of evangelical Christian conservatives in Washington, who see her treatment in Sudan as an assault on their values.
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