Islam 'forced' on Hindu girl

Islam 'forced' on Hindu girl
- Pak MPs vow protest
IMTIAZ GUL
Islamabad, Sept. 23: The "forced" conversion of a Hindu girl to
Islam in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has sparked a new
controversy with minority MPs vowing to protest in the parliament.

Demanding that the National Assembly committee, comprising members of
the Opposition and the government, probe what they alleged was
"forced" conversion to Islam of the girl during a week-long illegal
confinement by four kidnappers, the MPs said such incidents earn a bad
name for the country.

"It is a very sensitive issue, which must be thoroughly investigated
to bring the culprits to justice," Gyan Chand, an MP from the ruling
Pakistan Muslim League, told The Telegraph today.

Sapna was allegedly abducted on September 14 in Jaccobabad town of
Sindh province and the case was registered at a local police station
the same day against the four abductors. The issue was also raised
yesterday in the National Assembly where the deputy minister for the
interior, Waseem Shehzad, explained that the girl adopted her new
religion by her own sweet will and married one of the four kidnappers.

"Police had arrested two of the four abductors but the court disposed
of the case after the girl gave a statement she had married one of the
kidnappers and embraced Islam," Shehzad said while producing a copy
of her statement before the assembly.

Rejecting Shehzad's claim, Gyan Chand said Sapna had been intimidated
to change her religion. He said that in a predominantly Muslim country
of 153 million people, where all minorities form a mere three per cent
of the total population, "Sapna had no reason to flee to marry a
Muslim". The Hindu population in Pakistan is only 1.6 per cent of the
total.

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