“A Pakistani Christian mother of three was abducted, tortured and forced to convert to Islam by a Muslim man who then forced her to marry him.” Christian women and girls are “very vulnerable to kidnap, forced conversion and marriage to Muslims,” a phenomenon that stems from the inferior status in Islamic law of both women and infidels; yet the world remains blind on such abuses.
Those in the multicultural West persistently try to advance the false notion that all cultures are equal and that somehow, the abusive practices normalized in the Islamic world will be left at the door when large numbers of Muslims immigrate to the West. Yet already in Sweden, there has been a steady rise in both forced marriage and child marriage. Unsurprisingly, there is also an alarming rise in female genital mutilation (FGM) cases in the West.
“Pakistani Christian mother of three forced to convert to Islam by kidnapper,” Barnabus Fund, March 29, 2019:
A Pakistani Christian mother of three was abducted, tortured and forced to convert to Islam by a Muslim man who then forced her to marry him, according to local news sources.
Saima Iqbal, who was already married to a Christian man, tearfully described in a Facebook video how she was snatched from her home on the evening of 25 February.
Saima’s husband, Naveed Iqbal, reported the matter to police but they initially refused to investigate and sided with the kidnapper.
Mr Iqbal said the police only acted after he threatened to set himself on fire.
Mrs Iqbal was reunited with her husband and children, aged 4, 8 and 13, after her kidnapper, Muhammad Khalid Sati, was arrested on 5 March.
“I have challenged the forced conversion and the forced marriage of my wife in a magistrate’s court,” said Mr Iqbal, who is awaiting the court’s judgment.
Non-Muslim girls and women in Pakistan are very vulnerable to kidnap, forced conversion and marriage to Muslims….
Mac-101 says
Love Islamic style. And THEY have NUKES. The poe Christian husband threatening to torch himself in protest for the refusal of the return of his wife is true love. Especially since I am surprised the threat worked!
gravenimage says
It sounds crazy, Mac, but in Pakistan there is really nothing else a Christian *could* threaten except self harm. My guess is that Pakistani authorities didn’t want the further bad press.
Jay says
Where is the outrage ? Christians worldwide are being killed and beaten and kidnapped by Muslims
and everyone appears to ignore it! Even the Nazi phony pope francis! We need to wake up before it’s too late. Bravo to the Mr. Ibaal for fighting for his wife and family!
I pray the insanity stops!
Al West says
Jay, In Pakistan Christians have been suffering for over 40 years. you are right the whole world is just watching. I think we all need to be united to fight this evil.
James Lincoln says
Christine Douglass-Williams states:
“Those in the multicultural West persistently try to advance the false notion that all cultures are equal…”
It is very unsettling for people in the West to come to terms with the fact that all cultures are not equal.
It is, however, factually true.
elee says
Applause. Simple unadorned truth.
That being said I probably part company with a lot of readers with the next statements:
I don’t want a multicultural foreign policy.
I don’t want a “transactional” foreign policy with the government of Pakistan.
gravenimage says
I think we should have very little to do with Pakistan. About the only except I can think of is using our power of the purse to pressure Pakistan to stop persecuting non-Muslim minorities like Asia Bibi.
Halal Bacon says
but he banged the goat on the honeymoon…
Anjuli Pandavar says
I very much doubt the Pakistani police were moved by a Christian threatening suicide. I also very much doubt whether Pakistani judges are going to run the risk of their own assassination by permitting a conversion *away from* Islam. They might order the woman to return to her Muslim husband, or get around it by arguing that she committed adultery by returning to her Christian ex-husband without her Muslim husband having divorced her, and pronounce the death sentence, a move that might pre-empt “extremists” taking to the streets.
Before you dismiss this as far-fetched, think again of a *still* ongoing case involving a Christian woman. This is *Islam*, after all. Nothing concerning Islam is far-fetched, except notions that it is peaceful, equal to other cultures or capable of reform.
Mac-101 says
Sounds quite possible to me!
gravenimage says
Grimly this is *not* far fetched for Pakistan.
Kay says
Then this family should apply for asylum now and be granted it.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Kay.
underbed cat says
If she is back with her husband, I hope the family will soon leave for India and find refugee with the Hindu people they are more harmonious before the terror begins. If the sharia courts think she has committed adultery defined by sharia her life is in peril. What a nightmare.
gravenimage says
+1
tedh754 says
There sure are a lot of degenerates in Pakistan.
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Victoria says
She wasn’t forced to convert to Islam. She was forced TO SAY that she converted to Islam.
Victoria says
She wasn’t forced to marry. No. She was raped.
gravenimage says
True on both counts, Victoria.
And these forced conversions are usually accomplished not just by threatening the victim, but by threatening to murder her loved ones–in this case, likely her real husband and children.
Kay says
Exactly, kidnapped and raped.
kevsh says
These women have not to worry they are not converted. Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Then John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John goes a little deeper subject. Its still sad that these heathen are doing this.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Christian women abducted, tortured, forced to convert and marry Muslim abductor
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This is horrifying common in Dar-al-Islam, especially in Pakistan.
More:
“A Pakistani Christian mother of three was abducted, tortured and forced to convert to Islam by a Muslim man who then forced her to marry him.”
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In Islam, a marriage to an Infidel is invalidated on the woman’s abduction and rape by a Muslim. And yet, you *still* hear about what “family values” Islam has.
More:
Saima’s husband, Naveed Iqbal, reported the matter to police but they initially refused to investigate and sided with the kidnapper.
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This is grimly common. I’m sure the kidnapper was only finally arrested because the husband was so determined, and threatened to make a stink.
And while I am very glad that Saima Iqbal is free, the trials of this family may not be over. Since she “converted”–although obviously under duress; just look at her tearful photo above–Muslims may still try to murder her as an apostate. And her husband Naveed may also be under threat for having thwarted this kidnapping. I hope the family is able to flee to India.
peter says
We have an idiot for a pope to add to Christians’s miseries . We should deport him either to Pakistan or Nigeria to live as a common christian to educate him . No offense meant to Catholics