Marriage is going to be no longer a personal choice if the Sindh Assembly approves a private memeber’s bill. The private bill aims to make marriage compulsory for all above the age of 18. The parents will have to pay fine if the bill, the Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act, 2021, gets the assembly nod. The […]
forced conversions
Karachi Forced conversions bill
Sir: PTI MNA Rumesh Kumar presented a bill in the National Assembly on March 26 to end forced conversions in Pakistan. However, the manner in which the term forced conversions’ has been applied in the aforementioned bill is troubling. According to the bill, any conversion under the age of 18 to Islam should be deemed […]
Forced conversion
Sir: Two teenage girls Reena (14) and Raveena (16) were allegedly abducted from their hometown Daharki Sindh’s Ghotki district and were forcefully converted to Islam. Some videos went viral on social media that drew the attention of public and government. Unfortunately, it is not the first case of its kind. It is very regrettable to […]
Special law needed to stop forced conversions
The forced conversion problem is not new in Pakistan. It is estimated that up to 1,000 women and children from religious minorities are abducted, forcibly converted and then married off to their abductors every year. In Sindh, where the situation appears to be the worst, the incidents are increasingly visible. However, no concrete measures have […]
Forced conversions in an Islamic state
Understanding the aforementioned verse is the dire need of the hour because there are many people who have not only tarnished the real image of Islamic injunctions but have also defaced the soft picture of Pakistan in front of the global community. It is very unfortunate that two girls – Reveena and Reena — thirteen […]
State to take custody of Ghotki sisters who were abducted,converted and married to Muslim men
The petition filed by the girls and their new Muslim husbands Barkat Ali and Safdar Ali said that the girls left their home on March 20 ‘willingly’ and converted to Islam because they were impressed by the Islamic teachings. The petition was heard by Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah where the girls and […]