In yet another case of forced conversion, a small thirteen-year-old girl, Kaveeta was abducted and taken away to convert her from Hindu to Islam religion in Pakistan. Almost every day there are claims that Hindu, Sikh and Christian girls are kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, as the Islamic nation of Pakistan encourages it.
Mian Mithoo's conversion shop thrives with impunity. Here, 13-year-old kidnapped Kaveeta Oad is forcibly converted to Islam in Ghotki. pic.twitter.com/Gd70kOggER
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) March 10, 2021
In Tangwani city, the Hindu community protests against the conversion of its minor girls. Calls for Kaveeta to be returned to her family. #EndEnforcedConversions pic.twitter.com/GIQLmvt7Sg
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) March 10, 2021
Belonging to Kandhkot district of Sindh, the 13-year-old Hindu girl named Kavita abducted and later forcefully converted to Islam. Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat posted a video of the incident that has now gone viral on social media on Twitter.
In the footage, a little girl can be seen lying on the ground with a crowd circling her and filming a video of the conversion ceremony. According to Inayat, the conversion ceremony was supported by the famous cleric Mian Mithoo of the Bharkundi Mosque. Mithoo is a hardline cleric and activist and is known for routinely kidnapping and forced conversion of poor Hindu children.
According to information shared by Sukhdev Hemnani, Vice-President of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Twitter, he is monitoring the case with local officials. He said the papers had shown that the child was just 13 years old and that she was getting the assistance of attorneys to file a lawsuit in court. He added that he is also working with the Women’s Department of Sindh for assistance and assistance in the situation.
Re the new forced conversion case circulating:
Kavita was forcibly taken to Ghotki for conversion from Kandhkot. Following up on the case personally. FIR registered; documents prove she's 13 years old. Lawyer will be filing case at the earliest in morning under Sindh CMR Act… pic.twitter.com/2avOadtztL
— Sukhdev (@SukhdevHemnani_) March 9, 2021
Sukhdev said that Kavita had been forcibly taken from Kadhkot to Ghotki for conversion. He added that the FIR had been registered in the case and that the case will be filed by a lawyer today. Women’s union official Syeda Shehla Raza has announced that they are seeking to get the girl back.
As is commonly the case in such situations, minor girls are married to their kidnappers, making it technically impossible for their family members to bring them back.
The Hindu group in Tangwani, Pakistan, protested against the conversion of young girls from the community and called for Kavita to be returned to her home.
Incidents of kidnapping accompanied by coercive conversions of the Hindu girl are rampant in Sindh, Pakistan. The protests of the victims’ families fell on deaf ears, and even the courts in Pakistan refuse to do justice to the victims. Interestingly, such overt and regular acts of religious discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan are completely ignored by foreign human rights organizations.
