In yet another case highlighting the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, Reena, a young Hindu girl from Sindh’s Badin, has come forward with harrowing experiences of abduction, forced conversion, and coerced marriage.
Recounting her ordeal Reena said that she was forcibly kidnapped, converted to Islam, and married to one of her abductors. The accused allegedly threatened her that if she did not make fake testimony of consent to love marriage in court, they would kill her, her parents, and her sisters.
The Minority Rights Organisation Chairman Shiva Kachhi met the family of the Hindu girl and extended full support to the victim’s legal fight. He said, “This is not just an attack on an individual; it’s an attack on our community and our fundamental rights,” Kachi said, vowing to continue his fight for justice and protection for vulnerable minorities in Pakistan.
Although facing the wrath of state-sponsored religious conversion, the minority Hindu community is getting no recourse. In fact, the cases are on the rise and Hindu girls are being abducted, raped, and converted. In most cases, the girls are later left after marriage or after bearing children. The sole agenda of the Islamists is to Islamise society by violating the modesty of the woman.