As outrage grows over a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christianity, the government defended the verdict, but said it's only preliminary. A Khartoum court last week convicted Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith. Ibrahim, who is eight months pregnant, is a Christian, her husband said. But the court considers her a Muslim. I 'm so frustrated. I do n't know what to do, said her husband, Daniel Wani. I 'm just praying. 100 lashes The court also convicted her of adultery and sentenced her to 100 lashes because her marriage to a Christian man is considered void under Sharia law. Wani is American, Ibrahim's lawyer Mohamed Jar Elnabi told CNN. The attorney said he 'll file an appeal within a few days. Sudanese parliament speaker Fatih Izz Al-Deen said the verdict is not final and is in the hands of the judiciary. The verdict will go through all the judicial stages to reach the constitutional court, the speaker told Um Derman radio station. His comments were cited Friday by the official Sudanese News Agency. Ibrahim says she was born to a Sudanese Muslim father and an Ethiopian Orthodox mother. Her father left when she was age 6, and she was raised by her mother as a Christian. However, the lawyer representing Ibrahim's family said Sunday that the mother is a devout Muslim. The court had warned Ibrahim to renounce her