Petition to: Prime Minister of Pakistan
Immediate release of 13 years Child girl Arzoo who was abducted and forced conversion to Islam
Immediate release of 13 years Child girl Arzoo who was abducted and forced conversion to Islam
This is illegal to mary under the age of 18 and it is a human rights violation of forced conversion of religion. A 13-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped in Pakistan and forced to marry a 44-year-old man who made her convert to Islam, campaigners say. Arzoo Raja was abducted from her home in Karachi on October 13, and two days later her 'husband' produced a marriage certificate saying she was 18 and had converted to Islam. The case has led to protests in Karachi and Lahore but a Pakistani court has upheld the marriage after her husband claimed she had converted of her own free will.