'Forced conversion': LHC hands teenage Christian girl back in parents' custody

[Pakistani E]

'Forced conversion': LHC hands teenage Christian girl back in parents' custody

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered that a teenage Christian girl — who was allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted and married off to a Muslim man in Faisalabad — be handed back to her parents.

Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh issued the order while hearing an application filed by Javed Masih of Faisalabad against the illegal confinement of his 14-year-old daughter. Speaking outside the court, the girl said she had reached her parents' home after managing to flee the house she was being kept in after 'marriage'.

Masih, who was represented in the court by Advocate Chaudhry Abdul Rasheed, contended in his petition that some members of the Christian community had abducted his teenage daughter and later "sold her off" to a Muslim man named Zafar.

He said after forcibly converting the girl to Islam, Zafar 'married' the underage girl.

A conversion certificate obtained by DawnNewsTV stated that the girl had been renamed as Ayesha after 'willingly' converting to Islam on February 20, 2019.

The girl, however, when produced before the court today by Faisalabad police said that she had been abducted, sold, forcibly converted, and then forcibly married to a Muslim man.

She told the court that she wanted to live with her parents.

After hearing all parties, the court ordered that the teenage girl be given in the custody of her parents.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1475161/f...eenage-christian-girl-back-in-parents-custody

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Good. We Need to give strict punishment to culprit tableeghi jamatis for such actions.

 

[hasnainfirst]

Good. We Need give strict punishment to culprits tableeghi jamatis for such actions.

I don't think that a "tableegi jamati" is even mentioned in that article

 

[Imran Khan]

good and unexpected from court like lahore

 

[jamal18]

No tableeghi jammat, it's your prejudice.

The job isn't finished until all the culprits are hung. Every single one of them.

 

[monitor]

however, when produced before the court today by Faisalabad police said that she had been abducted, sold, forcibly converted, and then forcibly married to a Muslim man

Islam don't support this crime. Criminal must be punish .

Good. We Need to give strict punishment to culprit tableeghi jamatis for such actions.

Tablig jamat can't do this. The even don't look at woman.

 

[Jf Thunder]

punish all of the offenders
including the molvi who did the conversion and the one who did the Nikkah

 

[313ghazi]

People who should be punished.

1. Anyone involved in kidnap
2. The groom
3. The mullah who did the Nikkah.

It is not against the law to convert to a different religion - it is against the law to marry someone under the age of 16 (or is it 18 now in Pakistan?)

 

[Solomon2]

My respect for the LHC just went up a notch.

The natural question now is if the girl and her family remain in danger and if there's anything the LHC can do about it.

 

[Mugen]

As others have rightly said, punish all those who are involved in this crime against the young girl. Disgusting, the lot of them!

 

[waz]

Great news!

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Don't understand the logic of such conversion. People should convert into Islam after studying Islam and after embracing the message of Islam from deep heart. I don't like those Muslims men and women who want non Muslim to convert into Islam so that they could marry with them and legalise their relationship. Its selfishness more than service of Islam. Conversion should be for sake of Allah and should not convert others for sake of any material objective

 

[Numerous]

Christians kidnapped one of their own girls and then sold her to a Muslim man?

That's real scummy, selling out a girl from your own community.

Has anyone been arrested?

 

[shah_123]

Good. We Need to give strict punishment to culprit tableeghi jamatis for such actions.

We need to get your brain checked, it's seriously out of order.

 

[Yaseen1]

these types of liberals are actually extremists and they want to kill practicing Muslims like isis kill innocent people and if they come in power they will treat Muslims in same way like modi is treating Muslims

We need to get your brain checked, it's seriously out of order.

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