Abducted underage Catholic girl rescued in Pakistan vaticannews.va
A Pakistani Catholic teenage girl allegedly abducted and forcibly converted and married to a 44-year-old Muslim man has been rescued, officials said.
The parents of 13-year old Arzoo Raja say she was kidnapped on October 13 while playing outside her home in Karachi. On October 27, the Sindh High Court upheld the child marriage, based on a fake affidavit produced by her purported husband, Ali Azar, claiming the girl was 18 and had converted of her own free will. The court refrained police from arresting the prime suspect…
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