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Pakistan Catholics protest after abduction, forced marriage of 13 year-old

CNA Staff, Oct 29, 2020 / 10:15 am (CNA).- Catholics in Pakistan are protesting a judge’s decision not to intervene after a 44-year-old man allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old Catholic girl, forced her to convert to Islam, and then married her. 

According to UCA News, Arzoo Raja, a 13-year-old Catholic from Karachi was kidnapped in broad daylight Oct. 13 by Ali Azhar. Raja’s parents were informed days later by the police that their daughter had converted to Islam and had married Azhar, purportedy on her own free will. Her parents then filed a police report. 

Two weeks after her abduction, on Oct. 27, the Sindh High Court ruled that the marriage was valid and that Azhar would not be arrested. 

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