PAKISTAN: Forced conversions of women

Описание: Aila Gill, National Commission for Justice and Peace
The first and foremost issue is forced religious conversion of minority women. Forced conversion means changing someone religion without his or her will. It is very common and alarming here in Pakistan. Since last 10 years there is an increase 20 to 30 percent every year.
They keep an eye on a woman from minority community just because they think that she is less empowered, marginalized, she doesn't have equal access to education and other opportunities. Therefore she's an easy target.
A recent case: there was a girl, she belongs to District of Sheikhupura. One day she didn't come back from the school. She's 13 years old and no one knows where she is. And police is not cooperating at all.
Faiza parents
Father: The problem was that my daughter went to school and went missing there at school. We found it out when we started asking. Then the teacher told us that the girl went to Madrasa. And she converted to Islam. She read the Muslim profession of faith and adopted Islam. And they did it all so that nobody was there, nobody knew it.
Mother: The teacher said that by reciting the profession of faith and learning Arabic at the same time, she became a 100% Muslim. When someone suggested it before, she was very angry. "Why do people urge us to become Muslims?".
Father: They say that the Christian is nothing. We want our daughter to come back to us.
Aila Gill
They are kidnapped, abduct and then they got, some sort of brainwashing them as well that will give you some sort of financial benefit. Behind this is marriage.
The particular age for conversion is considered 13 to 16 years. This is the question that how can the girl 13 years old decide consciously by her free will that she's going to be converted or she want to embrace Islam. Then they don't allow her to meet a single person from their family. So this is a sort of psychological and mental torture for the girl. There is no protection by law and they should criminalize this cruel act of conversion.