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Pakistan: Christian Student Nurse Forced to Convert to Islam and Marry Muslim Man


By Jibran Khan – “Lahore (AsiaNews) – A 24-year Christian woman from southern Punjab was abducted by a Muslim man who, after forcing her to convert to Islam, also forced her to marry him. Although her family filed a formal report of kidnapping, the police did not act immediately, either to stop the abduction or to arrest the culprits. Likewise, her family has gone to court to get her released to no avail; the young student nurse remains in fact in the hands of her kidnappers. This, according to a local priest, is part of an ‘alarming’ trend in anti-Christian violence. He is, to put it mildly, ‘disappointed by the behaviour of local authorities’. A human rights activist confirms that the region of Pakistan where the woman lives is a ‘safe haven for extremists’ who perpetrate abuses and kidnappings ‘with total impunity’.”  Read more.

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