Atlas Shrugs April 16, 2014 _Thousands of Christian, Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam every year in Pakistan: report _ (http://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=89833108&f=26412&u=13042656&c=4748884)
Considering how many thousands go unreported for fear of Islamic retribution, this number is grossly underestimated. Not to mention the fact that this is just Pakistan. What about the Christians and other non-Muslims are persecuted, abducted, and forced to convert in Egypt and other Muslim countries. This is part of the global jihad and should be treated as war crimes on a worldwide scale. And yet these monstrous human rights abuses are systematically ignored, scrubbed and invariably sanctioned. These are not the actions of a civilized world. This is the modern era of the savage. Decent and righteous defenders of freedom have been recast as criminals (of thought ) and hate. Love is hate. Good is evil. This is madness, my friends. Forced conversion to Islam of Christian and Hindu girls continues to rise in Pakistan. A recent report launched by the MSP (Movement for Solidarity and Peace) revealed that 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls, aged between 12 and 25, are forced to convert to Islam every year. It is estimated that Christian girls make up 70 per cent of this number, while Hindus make up the remainder. The revelations are extremely alarming as minorities make up only five per cent of the country’s population where Muslims are the overwhelming majority. This is taking place against a backdrop where minorities are already feeling very insecure and vulnerable, placing them at unimaginable risk. (_Christianity Today_ (http://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/26412/13042656/4748884/www.christiantoday.com/article/girls.are.being.forced.to.convert.to.islam.in.paki stan.but.because.they.are.christian.nobody.cares/36776.htm) ) “1,000 Christian, Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam every year in Pakistan: report,” _Pakistan Today, _ (http://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/26412/13042656/4748884/www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/08/national/1000-christian-hin du-girls-forced-to-convert-to-islam-report/) April 15, 2014 WASHINGTON- Around 1,000 Christian and Hindu women in Pakistan are forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim men every year, according to a report released by Movement for Solidarity and Peace- in Pakistan on Monday. The report states the estimates of the incidence of forced marriage and conversion from 100 to 700 victim Christian girls and 300 Hindu girls per year, adding that the true scale of the problem is likely to be much greater, as a number of cases are never reported or do not progress through the law-enforcement and legal systems. The report has categorized the concurrent incidence of forced conversions and forced marriages as a distinct crime specific to minority Christian women in Punjab. The research by MSP has lead to discovery of a distinguished pattern: Christian girls, usually between the ages of 12 and 25, are abducted, converted to Islam, and married to the abductor or third party. The victim's family usually files a First Information Report (FIR) for abduction or rape with the local police station. The abductor, on behalf of the victim girl, files a counter FIR, accusing the Christian family of harassing the willfully converted and married girl, and for conspiring to convert the girl back to Christianity. Upon production in the courts or before the magistrate, the victim girl is asked to testify whether she converted and married of her own free will or if she was abducted. In most cases, the girl remains in custody of the abductor while judicial proceedings are carried out. Upon the girl's pronouncement that she willfully converted and consented to the marriage, the case is settled without relief for the family. Once in the custody of the abductor, the victim girl may be subjected to sexual violence, rape, forced prostitution, human trafficking and sale, or other domestic abuse. In its report, MSP has included 10 illustrative cases victims who have been subjected to such patterns of violence and injustice. The report describes the history of and social context within which forced conversions and marriages take place, the particular grievances of the Christians and other minorities in Pakistan including the Blasphemy laws as under Sections 295-B, and C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), constitutional guarantees of equal representation, under representation in political institutions, and religion-specific Articles of the Constitution of Pakistan; and the issue of forced conversion and forced marriages targeting Christian girls community in Pakistan. The report has surveyed legal, political, and procedural guarantees for rights protection and outlines illustrative cases demonstrating the pattern of violence through which the law becomes complicit in providing immunity for perpetrators, and the complex nature of associated crimes that make it difficult to categorize this crime as specific to religious identity. The report concludes with detailed recommendations for the key stakeholders at various levels, national, provincial, and local. MSP has appealed for action with the release of the report. The organisation is mobilising an inclusive coalition to raise awareness on this issue. It will be hosting outreach events in the coming weeks in Pakistan (in collaboration with the National Commission of Justice and Peace in Pakistan) and around the world. The current investigative effort by MSP follows its 2012 release of "Shia Hazara of Pakistan: A Community under Siege", an in-depth report revealing abuse of religious minorities in Pakistan's eastern province of Balochistan. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
