Punjab: Muslims Kidnap 14 Year Old Christian To Convert Her To Islam

Mehek Masih was taken from her home in broad daylight and under the threat of a gun. A Muslim man intends to “purify her,” convert her to Islam and make her his mistress. A Christian leader  says cases of this type are “frequent” and the law does not protect minorities.

08/25/2011 Pakistan (AsiaNews) – A group of Muslims have kidnapped a 14-year-old Christian girl from her home under the threat of a gun and in front of witnesses. The incident occurred on August 17 last in Shisharwali, residential area of the city of Gujranwala, Punjab. According to reports from the Pakistan Christian Post (PCP), Mohammad Tayeb Butt along with four other Muslims raided the house of Rashid Masih in broad daylight, pointed the gun to the head of his daughter Mehek forcing her to climb aboard a white car .

Two young Christians, Imran Masih and Mehboob Masih, tried to rescue the girl, but Mohammad Tayeb pointed the gun at them and threatened to shoot. “She is a Choori” the Muslim shouted, at Mehek, using derogatory and insulting Punjab slang, to define a Christian (for example, when Muslim restaurant owners or street food vendors reject minority religious customers, ed) . He also added that the Choori Mehek will be purified “convert to Islam and become my mistress.”

Sources report that the local Christian activists from the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) have tried to report the incident to the police. But the agents did not want to open an investigation – as is often the case – at the expense of an influential Muslim personality.

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