Rebecca Diserio
In Islamabad, Pakistan, an eight-year-old Christian girl was
abducted, stripped naked, and abused by a Muslim family. The Muslim
family finally released the girl, naked, as they burned her school
uniform in a trash bin. The girl’s harsh punishment was inflicted on her
because her uncle committed a “crime.”
His crime? The Christian man was dating a Muslim woman.
In the Punjab province, “mixed marriages” between a Christian and a
Muslim are an abomination. Under Sharia law, it is strictly forbidden
for a Muslim woman to marry outside her faith. Dating is also completely
off-limits.
“Its absolutely horrific,” said Sardar Mushtaq Gill, national
director of advocacy group Legal Evangelical Association Development
(LEAD), who supports the girl and her family.
He told BosNewsLife that Muslims were angry that the girl’s maternal
uncle, Iftikhar Masih, “was dating a Muslim girl” and “decided to take
revenge by dishonoring his niece.” — via Bos News Life
The mother of the girl, Yasmeen Masih, stated on New Year’s Day that
her daughter Perwasha is recovering at home. The mother is the sister of
the Christian man Iftikhar, who was dating the Muslim woman identified
as Saminia. The mother also relayed that the Muslim authorities refused
to help the Christian family seek justice.
Instead, “We were informed that the Muslim family had already filed a
complaint against [our] Christian family for ‘shaming’ Iftikhar’s
Muslim girlfriend, Samina.”
Police detained two male members of the Christian family who were
later released on bail after the Christian family pledged to leave the
village, BosNewsLife learned.
Allah Rakhi, grandmother of the girl, said the family
must move away. The Christian family, shunned by the rest of the
community, had no choice but to flee for the safety of their family.
It seems, she said, leaving the village is the only way to “save the lives and honor of our Christian daughters.” — via BosLifeNews
Sardar Mushtaq Gill states this is not something new. These
assaults and reprisals against any Christians the majority Muslims are
against are a growing trend.
With Sharia law backing up the Muslims, this remains
difficult for the Christian families. These situations escalate into a
life or death proposition and extended family are not off-limits for
revenge, as we see with this little eight-year-old girl.
The message was clear. The Muslim family wanted to give the
innocent child a “reputation” as soiled and not pure. These are the
types of stories you will never learn of from the mainstream media. It
would be shining a light on the very archaic and brutal nature of Islam.
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