Pakistani Catholic accuses police of converting his family Church alarmed at unusual rise in forced religious conversions of underage girls from minorities, hate speech and sectarianism
Sultan Masih and his three-year-old daughter Malka at their house in Islami Colony, Bahawalpur. (Photo by Sultan Masih)
Catholic driver Sultan Masih was shocked when a deputy superintendent of police showed him religious conversion certificates of his wife and daughter. I was asked if I obeyed the laws of the country. They told me to consult church leaders. I never saw my family again, Masih told UCA News.
Masih also appealed to authorities and community members in a video message being circulated on social media.
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The Tablet December 10, 2020
In this 2011 photo, Christian women held pictures of Shahbaz Bhatti, the slain Pakistani minister of minorities, as they demanded a sentence for his killers during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Pope Francis led an audience with members of the Missione Shahbaz Bhatti association at the Vatican nearly 7 years later. (Photo: CNS/Athar Hussain, Reuters)
WINDSOR TERRACE As the United Nations and various international organizations observe Dec. 10 as the annual day to declare the dignity and human rights of all persons, Pakistan’s religious minorities planned demonstrations against increased abductions and forced conversions and marriages of their women and girls by Muslims.