Will The Media Forget About Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan?

The following by Raymond Ibrahim is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum:

Sudan Mother's Case 'Tip of the Iceberg' on Islamic Persecution

by Raymond Ibrahim
CBN News
June 6, 2014
http://www.meforum.org/3858/sudan-mother-case-tip-of-the-iceberg-on-islamic

Evidence has again emerged indicating that if Western mainstream media actually reported more on the sufferings of Christians throughout the Islamic world, their lot would likely improve.

Meriam Ibrahim, a woman who is imprisoned in Sudan and sentenced to death on the charge that she apostatized from Islam and converted to Christianity—and who recently gave birth to a baby girl in prison—was reportedly going to "be freed in a few days," according to a BBC report:

Abdullahi Alzareg, an under-secretary at the foreign ministry, said Sudan guaranteed religious freedom and was committed to protecting the woman.
Khartoum has been facing international condemnation over the death sentence.
In an interview with The Times newspaper, British Prime Minister David Camerondescribed the ruling as "barbaric" and out of step with today's world (emphasis added).

Of course, soon after the BBC reported that Ibrahim would be freed, other reports appeared indicating that that is only a rumor—one that the BBC, which regularly tries to minimize the specter of Muslim persecution of Christians, jumped on—that Sudan was merely trying to save face before the international community.