that constituted a crime of adultery and she was sentenced to receive 100 lashes he returned to sudan last week after his wife was condemned to be hanged wani and his brother gabriel wani grew up in sudan but moved to new hampshire the courts sentence has prompted statements of concern from western governments and human rights groups american rushes to sudan in effort to save wife may 30 2014151 the baby girl born to a woman sentenced to hang in sudan for marrying a christian american citizen met her father for the first time a moment that was captured in a bittersweet photo she is reportedly slated to remain in jail for two years to nurse the child before she is to be flogged and hanged daniel wani an american citizen who lives in new hampshire held his daughter maya in his arms as she rested peacefully days after being born at a sudanese prison earlier this week this is the woman sudan wants to hang for marrying a christian daniel wani with son martin after a visit to see his wife meriam ibrahim in sudan may 29 2014 justice center sudan this photo of baby maya was first obtained by the daily mail the court also found her guilty of apostasy by converting to christianity and sentenced her to be hanged the flogging and the death penalty had been delayed until after she gave birth sudans islamic court considered ishag a muslim and did not recognize her marriage to wani a christian ishag is considered muslim by sudans courts because her father was muslim though she raised by her christian mother her lawyers continue to appeal and petition for clemency the moment of joy was tempered by sorrow because her mother meriam yehya ibrahim ishag has been sentenced to flogging and a death by hanging by a sudanese court for marrying wani the couple also has a 2yearold son named martin and reports state that the boy had been living with his mother in the prison