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Pakistan court rules teenage Hindu girls converted to Islam voluntarily [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 11, 2019 / 7:11 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Pakistan court rules teenage Hindu girls converted to Islam voluntarily
Asif Shahzad
2 MIN READ
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistani Hindu sisters whose parents said they were kidnapped and forced to change their religion to marry Muslims had converted voluntarily, a court ruled on Thursday, in a case that has attracted attention in Hindu-majority India.
The court had ordered the government to take custody of the sisters, both teenagers, in late March after accusations spread on social media that they had been forced to convert to Islam.
Another video showed the sisters saying they had married two Muslim men and converted to Islam of their own free will.
The court said the two were adult enough to make their own decisions and that they were not forced to convert.
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Pakistan court rules teenage Hindu girls converted to Islam voluntarily
Asif Shahzad
2 MIN READ
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistani Hindu sisters whose parents said they were kidnapped and forced to change their religion to marry Muslims had converted voluntarily, a court ruled on Thursday, in a case that has attracted attention in Hindu-majority India.
The court had ordered the government to take custody of the sisters, both teenagers, in late March after accusations spread on social media that they had been forced to convert to Islam.
Another video showed the sisters saying they had married two Muslim men and converted to Islam of their own free will.
The court said the two were adult enough to make their own decisions and that they were not forced to convert.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-hindu/pakistan-court-rules-teenage-hindu-girls-converted-to-islam-voluntarily-idUSKCN1RN1AB
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