The really tragic part is that this sort of thing is not merely
culturally condoned, but possibly legally defensible...
http://www.persecutionblog.com/2009/06/pakistan-muslim-forces-12yearold-girl-to-convert-marry-him.html
PAKISTAN: MUSLIM FORCES 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO CONVERT, MARRY HIM
Police ridicule Christian mother for kidnapping complaint; others
demand money, labor.
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 4 (Compass Direct News) – The Christian mother
of a 12-year-old girl in Punjab Province who was kidnapped, coerced
into converting to Islam and forcibly married to a 37-year-old Muslim
hopes to recover her daughter at a court hearing next week. The
reaction of Pakistani law enforcement authorities to Sajida Masih’s
complaint so far – ridiculing her and asserting that there is nothing
she can do because her daughter is now a Muslim – does not encourage
her hopes of recovering her daughter Huma at next Thursday’s (June 11)
hearing. Masih said that Muhammad Imran abducted Huma at gunpoint on
Feb. 23 from Hanif Kot village in Gujranwala district, forcibly
converted her and then married her. Imran, father of three children,
has since disappeared along with his first wife, children and new
child-bride. Another land owner, Karamat Ali Saroyya, called Masih
saying that Huma was in Muridke, but Masih and her lawyer were unable
to find her there. Saroyya later demanded that Masih work his fields
for one year to get her daughter back. Full Article
Please pray for this family and especially this little girl.
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