Sabatina James

Sabatina James (born 20 November 1982),[1] often referred to as Sabatina, is an Austrian Pakistani humanitarian, author and founder of Sabatina e.V., a non profit organisation based in Germany. She is known for her human rights advocacy, especially for rescuing persecuted christians in Pakistan and helping muslim girls in Germany to flee from forced marriage and honor killings.

Sabatina James

Early life

Sabatina lived until her tenth year as a Muslim with her family in the city of Dhadar, Pakistan until her family moved to Linz, Austria. Sabatina integrated and assimilated quickly into Austrian society. Her parents were unhappy with this since they understood Austria as a temporary residence. Since restrictions against their daughter were no longer effective, the family decided to send Sabatina to Lahore to marry her cousin. Her parents left her in Pakistan, where she was forced to go to a Madrasa. Sabatina consented initially into the marriage with her cousin in order to get back to Austria. Once in Austria, she refused to marry him. Her family threatened to kill her so she was forced into hiding and take on a new identity.[2] This led to a break-up with the family.

Escape

She survived by sleeping in a shelter and working at a local café in Linz. Her parents harassed her at both places, showing up and ordering her to wed. Sabatina escaped to Vienna with the help of friends. There she started a new life, changing her name and converting to Catholicism. Sabatina wrote a book about this experience, and her parents sued for defamation. The court ruled in her favor. She was baptized in 2003, in a small Baroque church of a village priest, who was convinced of her inner conversion. A prominent debater, she rose to fame by appearing in several leading Austrian and German TV Shows.[3][4] In a feature story, the German Spiegel Magazine called her "God's Supermodel".[5]

Career

Since 2006 her organization has fought for victims of honour violence and persecuted Christians in Pakistan.

In 2012 she took part in the international counter-jihad conference in the European Parliament in Brussels, billed as the "International Conference for Free Speech & Human Rights".[6]

In 2014 at the Look! Gala in Vienna, she was honored as "Woman of the year" to spotlight her outstanding achievement for human rights.[7]

Works
  • James, Sabatina (2003). Sabatina : Vom Islam zum Christentum - ein Todesurteil (in German). St. Andrä-Wördern: Kleindienst. ISBN 3-9501151-8-8. OCLC 314489100.
  • James, Sabatina (2004). Sterben sollst du für dein Glück gefangen zwischen zwei Welten (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-426-77754-1. OCLC 76611134.
  • James, Sabatina (2015). Scharia in Deutschland? wenn die Gesetze des Islam das Recht brechen (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-426-78680-2. OCLC 897524504.
  • James, Sabatina (2017). Nur die Wahrheit macht uns frei mein Leben zwischen Islam und Christentum (in German). München: Knaur Taschenbuch. ISBN 978-3-426-78540-9. OCLC 964394909.

References
  1. "ISBN-Suche – Wikipedia". de.wikipedia.org (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. James, Sabatina (5 May 2012). "Why My Mother Wants Me Dead". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. "Es gibt keine Pubertiere 23:47 Islamkritikerin Sabatina James". YouTube. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. Morden im Namen des Islam - Die missbrauchte Religion - phoenix Runde vom
  5. Das Model Gottes
  6. "Factsheet: Gates of Vienna". Gates of Vienna. 2004.
  7. "Frauen des Jahres bei der "look!"-Gala ausgezeichnet". Leaders Net Austria. 20 October 2014.
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