7th Rangers: Pakistani Christian girl abducted and forcibly converted to Islam, now pregnant and confined to one room due to sexual assault by abductor Abdul
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Pakistani Christian girl abducted and forcibly converted to Islam, now pregnant and confined to one room due to sexual assault by abductor Abdul
Monday, July 20, 2020
Huma Younus, a Christian girl who was kidnapped
OpIndia : Huma Younus, a Christian girl who was kidnapped from
her home in Karachi on October 10 last year, has become pregnant due to
the incessant sexual violence perpetrated by her abductor Abdul Jabbar,
reported
ACT International.
As per the report, she has been confined to the four
walls of one room in the abductor’s house. Younus is not allowed to
leave that house or return to her parents. Following her abduction, she was reportedly taken to Dera Ghazi Khan,
a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan, about 600 Kms from her home.
A few days after her conversion, the family of the girl had received
conversion papers and a marriage certificate. However, her mother Nagina
Younas had claimed that the papers were fake, as it took several hours
to reach where she was taken but the date of conversion on the papers
was the same as the day of her abduction.
Abdul has a brother named Mukhtiar who is a Ranger, a security force
personnel. The latter has reportedly threatened to murder the parents of
Younus if they came to look for their daughter. As per the report, the
threats have been made over phone calls. Mukhtiar has also sent pictures
of lethal weapons in a bid to intimidate the parents of the victim and
warned that Younus will not return back even if all Christians in
Pakistan demand for it. Moreover, he cautioned the parents that anyone
who comes in his way will be killed.
As per the report, the case has been closed by the Judicial
Magistrate (Karachi East), citing a lack of proof. Moreover, the High
Court of Sindh is currently non-operational owing to the Coronavirus
pandemic and reports suggest that the Court will reopen by August.
Following an appeal to the same Judicial Magistrate for a re-examination
of documents, the magistrate has asked NADRA, the public records
authority, to produce her the victim’s birth certificate.
Case may be shelved indefinitely, fears victim’s parents
This is despite the fact that two official documents, namely, a
statement by her school and a certificate of baptism from the Catholic
parish of Saint James, Karachi, confirm her date of birth as May 22,
2005. The last hearing in the case took place on July 13. The parents of
Younus fear that the girl will turn 18 in the following 3 years, post
which the case may remain hung forever.
Reportedly, the lawyer representing Abdul in court has been employing
every legal trick in the book to delay the case. As per the report,
crimes against religious minorities in Pakistan are not addressed
immediately or on a priority basis. Due to the lack of judicial autonomy
in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, fast-tracking of the case of Huma
Younus is not possible.
Pakistani Judiciary prejudiced against religious minorities“According to my reading and based on experience, there are around
2000 such cases (of abduction) per year, whether reported or not.
Justice delayed is justice denied, hence every delay in reaching
judgement on the defence of the rights of religious minorities
represents a denial of these rights.,” conceded Tabassum Yousaf.
She has accused the judicial system of being prejudiced against the
Huma Younus due to her Faith. Yousaf emphasised that the authorities
will ‘act immediately’ if such a thing is to happen to a Muslim girl.
She is hopeful that the President of the Pakistan Supreme Court will
intervene and grant justice in the case. She regretted that seeking
justice at any other level of the judicial hierarchy will not be
possible at any other level.
Sindh court rules in favour of the abductor in the Huma Younus case
In Pakistan, the Sindh court dismissed a petition to overturn a
forced marriage and conversion of Huma Younus, a 14-year-old Christian
girl from Karachi. The court stated that the marriage to her captor,
Abdul Jabbar is valid under Islamic law since a girl can marry after she has had her first period.
Huma’s parents have been saying that the marriage is invalid, as the
Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act forbids marriage under the age of 18.
But the judges, Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro and Irshad Ali Shah ruled that
as per Sharia law, even if Huma was a minor, the marriage between her
and her abductor Abdul Jabbar would be valid as she had already had her
first menstrual cycle.
