“According to recent estimates, more than a thousand such incidents occur every year, and most of them are not reported.”
Imagine the outcry if a Muslim teenage girl had been forced to convert to Christianity and marry a Christian. But that would not happen and should not happen. This, on the other hand, happens all the time, and gets no media attention. It doesn’t fit the narrative.
“Abducted from her home in Faisalabad, Christian girl forced into marriage,” by Shafique Khokhar, Asia News, July 6, 2022:
Faisalabad (AsiaNews) – A 15-year-old Christian girl, Meerab Palous, was abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim acquaintance in a latest example of a scourge that affects minorities in Pakistan.
On the evening of 22 June, Meerab was at her home in Muzafar Colony, Faisalabad, with a Muslim friend and neighbour, Gulnaz.
When Meerab’s family went to sleep, Gulnaz gave Meerab a glass of water mixed with drugs and sleeping pills. When the Christian girl fell asleep, she called her half-brother Muhammad Asif and they took her away.
Read more: Jihad Watch
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