Young Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan are being kidnapped and forced to undergo Islamic conversions before being married off to their captors, according to Pakistani activists.
At rallies Thursday marking the country’s National Minorities Day, protesters singled out a notorious politician and a cleric who have been aiding kidnappers and coercing courts to rule in favor of the kidnappers, according to a Pakistani group Minorities Rights Watch.
Abdul Haq aka Mian Mitho, a cleric and politician from Pakistan’s Sindh Province has been repeatedly accused by the country’s Hindu minority of providing shelter to kidnappers and intimidating victims into accepting Islam.
Protesters called on the government to act against such kidnappings and enact laws to protect victims. Full story...
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At rallies Thursday marking the country’s National Minorities Day, protesters singled out a notorious politician and a cleric who have been aiding kidnappers and coercing courts to rule in favor of the kidnappers, according to a Pakistani group Minorities Rights Watch.
Abdul Haq aka Mian Mitho, a cleric and politician from Pakistan’s Sindh Province has been repeatedly accused by the country’s Hindu minority of providing shelter to kidnappers and intimidating victims into accepting Islam.
Protesters called on the government to act against such kidnappings and enact laws to protect victims. Full story...
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