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Pakistani Court Rules 14-Year-Old Christian Girl Must Remain Married to Muslim Kidnapper.


A court in Pakistan ruled on Tuesday that 14-year-old Christian girl Maira Shahbaz voluntarily converted to Islam and is legally married to an older Muslim man named Mohamad Nakash, even though Maira and her family say Nakash kidnapped her at gunpoint with two accomplices during the c****av***s lockdown in April.

If the ruling stands, Maira will be forced to return from the shelter where she is staying to the home where she was held hostage.

Witnesses say Maira was walking home on April 28 in the town of Madina when Nakash and two accomplices forced her into a car, fired several gunshots into the air, and sped away.

When her family reported the kidnapping, Nakash produced a “marriage certificate” that listed the girl’s age as 19, even though her family has a birth certificate proving she is only 14. The certificate listed the date of the marriage as last October, six months before Nakash abducted Maira. The Muslim cleric who ostensibly signed the birth certificate denied any involvement in the “marriage” when questioned.

In July, the Shahbaz family prevailed upon the top cleric of a local mosque to issue a fatwa (religious edict) that Nakash’s marriage certificate was invalid. Human rights activists supported the family by pointing out that not only was the imam’s signature on the document fraudulent, but Nakash was already married to another woman not mentioned on the document.

Polygamy is legal but regulated in Pakistan, and one of the regulations is that existing wives must give written approval for additional marriages.

Marriage to girls under the age of 16 is technically illegal, but activists complain the Child Marriage Restraint Act is not vigorously enforced and often set aside in favor of Islamic sharia, which allows girls to be married off once they experience their first menstrual cycle. The United Nations rates Pakistan as one of the worst countries in the world for child brides, with some 3 percent of girls wedded before the age of 15.

Pakistan has a law against forced religious conversion that stipulates a minimum age of 18 for changing religions without parental consent. This law also encounters resistance from Islamists who cite sharia and Muslim historical precedents for young children converting to Islam.

Despite the family’s efforts, it was not until the end of July that a district court ruled Maira could leave Mohamad Nakash’s custody and move to a shelter for women, pending the outcome of her case.

Stunned witnesses to Tuesday’s ruling in Lahore High Court said Maira was present and wept when the verdict was announced. Judge Raja Muhammad Shahid Abbasi overturned last week’s ruling, ruled both Maira’s conversion to Islam and her marriage to Nakash were valid, and ordered her returned to his custody.

“It is unbelievable. What we have seen today is an Islamic judgement. The arguments we put forward were very strong and cogent,” said Maira’s lawyer Khalil Tahir Sandhu.

“I became so upset as the proceedings went on, I feared I might be asked to leave the courtroom,” he added, vowing to appeal the decision all the way to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Sandhu, himself a Christian, was formerly Punjab’s minister for human rights and minority affairs. When he filed his appeal to the Lahore High Court in June, he said he would bring the Maira Shahbaz case before the Punjab Assembly.

“What motivates me is my faith in Jesus and I am reminded of the Gospel passage where Christ reveals how he has been sent to set the captives free,” he said at the time.

The Shahbaz family has reportedly had little contact with Maira since she was kidnapped. According to Sandhu, Maira’s mother Nighat Shahbaz collapsed and was treated to a heart attack when seeing her for the first time since her abduction at a May court hearing. Nighat Shahbaz refused to speak with reporters after the Lahore High Court ruling.

“Around 1,000 Christian and Hindu women are abducted each year in Pakistan and typically forced to convert to Islam,” the UK Telegraph said on Wednesday, quoting the Movement for Solidarity and Peace. Christians make up about two percent of Pakistan’s population.

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

So what is your point? You're obviously not in Pakistan and we (this country) can't hope to solve that Country's (Pakistan) problem no matter how morally repugnant we find them. Maybe if you move there, you could make a difference, but probably only for about 5 minutes until they cut your throat? As bad as this is, there's far worse in the world.

Kevyn

Let’s bring lots of them here? Where does the article say that. I suppose that any decent American would accept this young woman and her family to our nation as political refugees so she could live her life in freedom. Only a right wing r****t would deny her.

Wonttakeitanymore

YEs far worse like ignorant demonrats

America 1 Loc: South Miami

Point is, who is responsible for all the Muslims in our country?

Capt-jack Loc: Home

Seems you and tiptop are not aware that your black guy smuggled thousands of Muslim into America at
night via military planes which is why we have Omar in congress and a few others.
SO, I see this...if Biden is put in the White House we will see lots more Omars and in congress as well.

Now you can scream and cry I am wrong, so prove your challenge.

Carol Kelly

Muslims are a race completely without morals. That’s a fact! And Joe Biden appears to be a victim of dementia, but he may simply be a criminal i***t in the control of the Marxists in America. A v**e for Ole Joe is a v**e to destroy our Republic and treasonous.

bikerjack60

The article might not say that. The Dems say that with their open borders policy How dumb are you?

Carol Kelly

And I agree. We cannot allow that to happen. Look at England! Every major city has a Muslim mayor under the influence of the slob who’s mayor of London.

Iliamna1

Tiptop and Kevvy,, you should both study Shariah law . . . it is what most Muslims believe. And it's what they want for us infidels here in America.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

The over 300,000 who own weapons!! Along with taking care of any other destructors of our country, when needed..

Or better yet~~” 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian held firearms. This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."

Which is why DC l*****t i***ts want to disband the NRA ..

Carol Kelly

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....

What a dumb thing to say.. who the heck told you to repeat a stupid thing like that..

You should d**g your sorry a** to Pakistan with the OP and live a short life while you try and change the ways of some other country.. not the USA! Dipstick..

If you ever read any statistics, you would know that Omar was not elected by Muslims but by the entire of her 5th district..

Carol Kelly

Amen.

bikerjack60

You must have forgot about 9-11 already. I haven't.