The authorities in Pakistan generally share the perspectives of people such as Muazzam Mazhar, and so are happy to accommodate them if they’re challenged legally.
“Kidnapper Wins Custody of 13-Year-Old Girl, Sources Say,” Morning Star News, March 27, 2024:
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan on Monday (March 25) rejected a Christian woman’s attempt to recover her 13-year-old daughter, instead allowing the child to go with a Muslim who abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, sources said.
Shakeel Masih’s daughter, Roshni Shakeel, was taken from her home in Basti Khaliq Pura in Multan District, Punjab Province, on March 13 by a 28-year-old Muslim, Muazzam Mazhar, when Masih and his wife were out of the house for work.
Masih’s wife, Nazia Shakeel, on March 18 filed a habeas corpus petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) for the recovery of their daughter after the family was unable to find her.
On Monday (March 25), Sital Mari police presented Roshni and Mazhar in the court of Justice Ali Zia Bajwa of the Multan Bench of the LHC.
“My wife and I were hoping that the judge would consider it a clear case of child marriage and order action against the accused, but we were utterly disappointed when he completely ignored our pleas for justice,” Masih told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
Masih said the judge set aside case documents without even looking at them and posed only one question to Roshni: Had she married Muazzam with her own free will?
“When Roshni said that she had done so willingly and wanted to go with Muazzam, the judge congratulated her on the marriage and said she was free to live with her husband,” Masih said. “My wife and I pleaded the judge to at least consider her age and the fact that the child was under the influence of the accused for over two weeks, and she could have been easily coerced into giving that statement. Instead of listening to us and our lawyer, the judge hushed us with a hand gesture and announced his decision.”
The impoverished Christian, a cleaner at a local restaurant, has sold household items, including mobile phones and his brother’s motorcycle, to fund efforts to recover his daughter and in a desperate quest for justice.
“All my efforts have gone in vain, because the court did not even bother to inspect her official birth document and other evidence,” Masih said. “Our lawyer argued that Roshni was visibly underage and the matter should be dealt as a child marriage, but the judge did not listen to him as well.”
Authorities did not give Masih or his wife a chance to meet with Roshni and ask her about her wellbeing, he said.
“In fact, the police and family members of the accused blocked her view during the entire time she was in the courtroom. They then took her away in front of our eyes, and there was nothing I could do to stop them,” Masih said as grief and frustration overtook his voice.
Despite the setback, Masih said he was determined to make every possible legal effort to bring his daughter home.
“Roshni is just a child, how can I let that criminal exploit her and then God forbid, sell her into slavery? I will not stop till I rescue my daughter,” he said.
His Muslim attorney, Muhammad Umar Ashraf, said he was confident that the court would notice the physical condition of Roshni and treat it as a case of child marriage without question.
“However, I too was dismayed when the judge flatly refused to admit my arguments and inspect the documents,” Ashraf told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “It looked as if he was in no mood to rule in our favor.”…
Walter Sieruk says
This is as absurd as it’s also wrong. It’s very wrong
bagsgroove says
Another perfect example of islamic depraved justice ! They sure like 13 year old girls. The judge,if he has any daughters, is probably pimping them out to the best buyer ! Just disgusting “people”.
somehistory says
The “judge” will hang along with the other ghouls when the Day of Judgment arrives.
The poor child didn’t stand a chance with a devout mozlum ghoul in charge of the court proceedings. But her day will come when Justice is served.
Her family should not give up *hope.* Prayers are answered, even when it seems that they will not be.
Ian Senior says
Abduction of 13 year old girl forcibly coerced into marrying an old man. This is wrong. She is underage and has been kidnapped from her mother. The girl has then been forced to convert to Islam.
What is the international community doing about this? They need to rescue the girl and return her to her mother.
What a vile ideology.
From the other side of Town. says
Right you are. And to dove-tail off your question “what is the international community doing?” I would like to specify parts: What is the United Nation doing about this issue? Human rights, etc. What are the Feminist leaders doing about this? What has our own Government stated? It is not only the husband she will be subjected to, but his family of origin and any other wives he may have. God bless her, protect her, and bring her to safety. And all other victims too.
Barbara says
Too bad there is not a mercenary group to find her and take back to the parents. They would have to leave Pakistan and move somewhere else. Or the kidnapping will happen again.
Barbara says
Too bad there is not a mercenary group to find her and take back to the parents. They would have to leave Pakistan and move somewhere else. Or the kidnapping will happen again.
BTeboe says
Women/girls are second class citizens under Islam. It’s about the same as someone stealing your dog and refusing to return it because they found it. It is the most vile totalitarian theocracy on the planet.
Rick says
The age of consent for a female under Islam is 9 nines old. That was the marriage age of the so called prophet Mohammed. So 13 is like a middle aged woman for Muslims. SIck? Of course it is sick. The entire male -female relationships are sick under Islam. So when this poor girl answered “Yes” every Muslim from the judge on down was elated. Another victory for Islam at the expense of Christians. So sad but that’s how things are in Pakistan and dozens of other Muslim nations. There should be a law that Muslims can only live in an entirely Muslim nation. But of course that might produce jihad all over the world intent on throwing out every minority in every majority or near majority Muslim nation. Of course if Christian or Jewish or Hindu or Buddhist threw out their minority Muslim population, Jewish attorneys from the US would immediately jump into action demanding those nations be held for such a horrible practice and try to win their Muslim plaintiffs millions of dollars in damages.
bagsgroove says
Pakistan is now changing its name to Pukistan,because that’s where all the muslim pukes live.
Mike says
Or, as some people have said, “Porkistan”, with this latest example of Porky-Paki plundering and pillage.
Apologies to tolerant moderate Pakistani Muslims, but where are you guys when this bullshit injustice regularly goes on?
Reziac says
I have heard that a great deal of the push behind “Drag Queen Story Hour” and sex education in grade schools is coming from CAIR operatives, no doubt intended to “normalize” Muslim pedophilia.
tim gallagher says
It is so strange how islam gets so much respect from so many people. I wonder what the Pope, for example, who seems to think islam is OK, thinks about this. To my mind, any sane or civilised human being knows how wrong this pedophilia that is so much a part of islam, is. Pakistan seems like a disgusting, depraved, barbaric country and it is exactly what every country in the world will be like if the Muslims ever do manage to impose barbaric, primitive, evil islam on all of humanity which they intend to do. In a million different ways, islam is evil and degenerate and it should have been ditched by all people everywhere ages ago. It has dragged so many people back into a dark age and prevented human progress for far too long.
James Lincoln says
tim gallagher says,
“I wonder what the Pope, for example, who seems to think islam is OK, thinks about this.”
Our current Pope is a Leftist / Marxist / Globalist / muslim apologist. Judging by his words and behavior, I am not even sure that he is a Christian.
I doubt that he will publicly comment regarding this case.
tim gallagher says
That’s my impression of the current Pope as well, James. I ignore his views on everything and certainly on islam. He does seem to be just yet another trendy, left wing woke warrior to me. A waste of space. On islam, totally clueless and, since he has plenty of researchers who could go out and look into islam and tell him the truth about the evil ideology, there is no excuse for his appalling ignorance. I sometimes think that he believes that, if he says nice things about islam, then Muslims will become nicer or some such thing. He would have to so gullible to believe that and it’ll never happen. He should, of course, call islam out as the evil religious ideology, so full of hate, the complete opposite of Christianity, that it is.
Reziac says
The Pope is reportedly a “red diaper socialist” — raised by dedicated Marxist parents.
tim gallagher says
That sounds about right, Reziac. He definitely does seem to always be pushing the leftist agenda. I find that his being so soft when dealing with islam, which is so obviously evil in so many ways, is a complete disgrace.
James Lincoln says
Sounds about right, tim.
Thank you for your reply.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, James.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why is Pakistan considered any more legitimate a country than Afghanistan, Somalia or Yemen?
James Lincoln says
࿗Infidel࿘,
Probably because Pakistan has had nuclear weapons for decades now.
That being said, it shouldn’t make them more “legitimate”, but simply more feared.
bagsgroove says
How do the pukes know how to keep their bombs well serviced ?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
They don’t have much of a delivery mechanism though. They can reach much of India, which is their sole enemy (despite those skirmishes w/ Iran and Afghanistan), but they lack the long range capability to threaten any Western country
Mike says
Infidel: true, but one has to be very concerned about even more extreme Islamist groups gaining control of their nukes.
Let’s not forget that Osama bon Laden was living in a fancy guest house for a number of years in Abbottsbad, Pakistan, right near a military academy.
mjazz says
Sounds like the democrat system of justice here.
gravenimage says
Masih said the judge set aside case documents without even looking at them and posed only one question to Roshni: Had she married Muazzam with her own free will?
“When Roshni said that she had done so willingly and wanted to go with Muazzam…
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It is very common that Muslim kidnappers and rapists tell their victims that they will slaughter their entire families if they try to escape.
This is likely what happened to little Roshni–and I’m sure the Muslim judge knows this.
abu taleb says
It shows what Islam is, a true religion for pedophiles and rapists. No wonder the mentally ill LGBTQ+ supporters are defending Hamas, as a lot of them are predatory toward children.
OLD GUY says
Keep the borders open and in no time these events will be coming to a neighborhood near YOU.
Simba says
Cops, judges, Islamic clerics, and locals are all in on the jihadi evil against Christians..it happens in Egypt also
Christopher Watson says
Why are we treating this load of savages like human beings? We should have stopped all aid years ago. So, they’ve got nuclear weapons? It should be made clear that any use of nuclear weapons by Pakistan would result in the complete destruction of Pakistan. It would no longer exist. It would simply be a footnote in encyclopaedias.