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Mr. Joseph Francis comments about Forced Conversion of Minorities

Comments about Forced Conversion of Minorities of Mr. Joseph Francis MBE National Director CLAAS & Council Member of Human Rights

March 29, 2019May 21, 2019 CLAAS

Forced conversion into Islam is a rising problem in Pakistan and numbers of conversion are increasing day by day. On

A local police official forcibly converted the Christian girls into Islam and then sold them A Christian girl Sumbel 14

A Christian girl 13, was abducted and forcibly converted into Islam and then married with a Muslim A Christian girl

October 4, 2016 CLAAS

A minor Christian girl Monica (12-year and 8-month) was kidnapped by a Muslim married man with two children Ali Raza

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 CLAAS

CLAAS has highlighted the issue of force conversion of young girls from religious minorities in Pakistan and provided case studies

Two Christian girls were abducted by two different Muslim men in District Sargodha Two Christian girls named; Tahira 21 and

Fouzia Sadiq 26, a Christian married mother of three forcibly converted and remarried with Muhammad Nazir Ahmad 56 years old

14 year-old Noreen kidnapped and forced to embrace Islam On December 3, 2014, Rev. Fr. Mushtaq Piyara, Parish Priest Hafizabad