ICC Note:

The issue of abductions and forceful conversions remains one of the top issues faced by Pakistan’s persecuted Christian community. According to reports, another Christian girl, age 17, was kidnapped, raped, and forcefully converted to Islam in Pakistan’s Kasur District. The Movement of Solidarity and Peace Pakistan estimates that 700 Christian girls and women faced this sort of abuse annually in Pakistan. Some victims are as young as 12-years-old. To make matters worse, the police often do not investigate cases of forced conversion leaving families without recourse.

10/06/2016 Pakistan (Christian Daily) – A group of armed Muslims kidnapped and took turns raping a Pakistani girl after her Christian family refused to convert to Islam.

On Sept. 15, Fiaz Masih was deep in slumber with his wife Mumtaz, six daughters, and two sons, when they were awakened by the forced entry of six men and one woman. The intruders, who were armed with guns, metal poles, and sticks, beat the family severely for refusing to convert to Islam, the British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) details.

The Muslim assailants were angered by the family’s refusal to embrace Islam, so they tied up and blindfolded the whole family. They also took 20-year-old Arif and 17-year-old Jameela and dragged them into a waiting van, which transported them to an unknown building. There, they tortured Arif but he still refused to convert to Islam.

One of the captors told Arif that they were taking turns raping Jameela and that Arif could only save her by converting to Islam. Although he could hear her sister screaming, he still refused to do so. The following morning, Arif was able to escape and saw that they were inside a big mansion. He believes that his sister had already been moved to another location.

Police have reportedly refused to launch an investigation into the matter despite the existence of eyewitness accounts. The attack has prompted local believers to feel afraid that the same thing will happen to them, too.

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