More trouble for Meriam

(MENAFN- Arab News) Khartoum: muslim 'relatives" of a sudanese christian woman hiding at the us embassy are taking her to court to try to prove she belongs to their family a lawyer said tuesday

The complainants are the same people who laid an apostasy charge against meriam yahia ibrahim ishag 26 said the lawyer mohanad mustafa

Ishag was sentenced to death in may for apostasy from islam under shariah. an appeals court later quashed the verdict and sentence

'in fact it is not her family" who filed the cases mustafa told afp. 'they want to get her in trouble. somebody supports them. i can't mention who.

Mustafa confirmed that a case has been lodged against ishag in family court 'to prove that meriam is abrar and she is one of the family.

Muslims refer to her as abrar al-hadi mohamed abdalla

Neither ishag nor her lawyers have yet received documents confirming when the case will be heard mustafa said

'i think the court will dismiss the case" he added

It is not a criminal action meaning it would not affect her chances of traveling abroad

Ishag is however charged criminally with forgery and providing false information in relation to a south sudanese travel document she used last week while trying to leave sudan for the united states a day after the appeals court ruling.